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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Dalton, GA and Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $37,820 per year in Dalton, GA. It is $49,390 per year in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. Dalton, GA is 23.4% below Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6062 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 570 wage and salary jobs in Dalton, GA and 230 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings