How much do extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers make in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA?

What the Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median says in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA at $71,610 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-6091 and BLS area 28700.

BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $62,430 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA's Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median is 54.5% above the U.S. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $46,350 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 51-6091 with area 28700

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-6091 and area 28700. SOC 51-6091 names Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Area 28700 names Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 51-6091/28700 row has 100 wage and salary jobs. There are 0.8 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 9.65. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 51-6091/28700, the annual median is $71,610 per year, while the matching mean is $62,430 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 51-6091/28700 10th percentile: $34,290 per year.
• 51-6091/28700 25th percentile: $52,380 per year.
• 51-6091/28700 median: $71,610 per year.
• 51-6091/28700 75th percentile: $71,610 per year.
• 51-6091/28700 90th percentile: $71,610 per year.
• 51-6091/28700 employment RSE: 14%. Mean-wage RSE: 4.4%.
• 51-6091/28700 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 28700 facts behind this Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers page

Area 28700 reports 119,560 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $56,140. Its annual median is $45,240. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-6091 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA runs from $27,410 at the 10th percentile to $96,090 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $34,070. The median is $45,240. The 75th percentile is $63,910. This is a place check, not a pay range for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 28700. They do not show related skills or a path into Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.

• 1. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 28700. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 4,170. Yearly median: $26,890. Jobs per 1,000: 34.87. Location quotient: 1.41.
• 2. Retail Salespersons. Area: 28700. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 3,620. Yearly median: $31,200. Jobs per 1,000: 30.25. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 3. Cashiers. Area: 28700. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 3,090. Yearly median: $27,420. Jobs per 1,000: 25.82. Location quotient: 1.3.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 28700. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 2,910. Yearly median: $35,760. Jobs per 1,000: 24.3. Location quotient: 1.33.
• 5. Registered Nurses. Area: 28700. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 2,660. Yearly median: $76,730. Jobs per 1,000: 22.22. Location quotient: 1.02.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 28700. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 2,610. Yearly median: $35,300. Jobs per 1,000: 21.82. Location quotient: 1.15.

Read the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA wage ladder for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

The 10th percentile is $34,290 per year. The 25th percentile is $52,380 per year. The median is $71,610 per year. The 75th percentile is $71,610 per year. The 90th percentile is $71,610 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $52,380 per year to $71,610 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $37,320. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA with its state and the U.S.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has a annual median of $71,610 per year. Tennessee has $46,200 per year. The U.S. row has $46,350 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 55.0% above Tennessee on the same published median. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 54.5% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA ranks 1 of 23 among metro areas with a published annual median for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 1 of 23 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 2. Mobile, AL. The Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median is $63,900 per year. BLS estimates 130 jobs. The location quotient is 9.4.
• 3. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median is $63,760 per year. BLS estimates 80 jobs. The location quotient is 0.48.
• 4. Columbus, OH. The Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median is $61,440 per year. BLS estimates 70 jobs. The location quotient is 0.8.

Where Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 51-6091, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has the highest published median in this set, at $71,610 per year. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits at $71,610 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $71,610 per year, or $0 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 100 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 9.65.
• 2. Mobile, AL has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $63,900 per year, or $7,710 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 130 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 9.4.
• 3. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $63,760 per year, or $7,850 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 0.48.
• 4. Columbus, OH has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $61,440 per year, or $10,170 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 0.8.
• 5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $61,040 per year, or $10,570 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 0.28.
• 6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $59,330 per year, or $12,280 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 220 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 0.66.
• 7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $58,980 per year, or $12,630 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 590 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 2.47.
• 8. Athens-Clarke County, GA has a Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median of $53,970 per year, or $17,640 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 80 jobs there, compared with 100 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 9.99.

Where BLS counts the most Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs

Dalton, GA has the largest published metro job estimate for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers in this same-source set, at 860 jobs. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has 100. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. Dalton, GA has 860 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 760 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $45,610 per year, or $26,000 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 158.87.
• 2. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 590 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 490 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $58,980 per year, or $12,630 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 2.47.
• 3. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC has 580 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 480 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $40,310 per year, or $31,300 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 5.13.
• 4. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC has 500 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 400 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $42,380 per year, or $29,230 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 26.11.
• 5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 220 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 120 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $59,330 per year, or $12,280 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 0.66.
• 6. Chattanooga, TN-GA has 200 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 100 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $48,900 per year, or $22,710 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 8.95.
• 7. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC has 190 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 90 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $35,890 per year, or $35,720 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 15.09.
• 8. Greensboro-High Point, NC has 170 estimated Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs, a gap of 70 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $40,000 per year, or $31,610 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its location quotient is 5.47.

Where Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers takes the largest share of local jobs

Dalton, GA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 158.87. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has 9.65. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Dalton, GA has a location quotient of 158.87, a gap of 149.22 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 860 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $45,610 per year, or $26,000 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 2. Rome, GA has a location quotient of 37.27, a gap of 27.62 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 140 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $36,200 per year, or $35,410 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 3. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC has a location quotient of 26.11, a gap of 16.46 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 500 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $42,380 per year, or $29,230 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 4. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC has a location quotient of 15.09, a gap of 5.44 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 190 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $35,890 per year, or $35,720 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 5. Athens-Clarke County, GA has a location quotient of 9.99, a gap of 0.34 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 80 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $53,970 per year, or $17,640 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 6. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has a location quotient of 9.65, a gap of 0.00 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 100 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $71,610 per year, or $0 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 7. Mobile, AL has a location quotient of 9.4, a gap of 0.25 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 130 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $63,900 per year, or $7,710 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 8. Chattanooga, TN-GA has a location quotient of 8.95, a gap of 0.70 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 200 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs and a median of $48,900 per year, or $22,710 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.

How common Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers is in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

BLS lists 100 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. It also lists 0.8 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 9.65. A value of 1 means Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers beside other roles in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

The all-occupations median in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is $45,240 per year. The Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median is $71,610 per year. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers is 58.3% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Registered Nurses, SOC 29-1141, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $76,730 per year. BLS lists 2,660 jobs and a location quotient of 1.02.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers, SOC 51-1011, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $76,820 per year. BLS lists 880 jobs and a location quotient of 1.7.
• 3. Industrial Machinery Mechanics, SOC 49-9041, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $62,300 per year. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a location quotient of 3.24.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $60,690 per year. BLS lists 1,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $58,130 per year. BLS lists 1,110 jobs and a location quotient of 1.04.
• 6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $54,700 per year. BLS lists 1,880 jobs and a location quotient of 1.19.
• 7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $46,520 per year. BLS lists 1,430 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
• 8. General and Operations Managers, SOC 11-1021, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $97,450 per year. BLS lists 2,030 jobs and a location quotient of 0.76.

The largest detailed roles in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA table, at 4,170 jobs. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers has 100 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 119,560. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 4,170 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 4,070 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $26,890 per year, or $44,720 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 2. Retail Salespersons has 3,620 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 3,520 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $31,200 per year, or $40,410 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 3. Cashiers has 3,090 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2,990 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $27,420 per year, or $44,190 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 2,910 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2,810 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $35,760 per year, or $35,850 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 5. Registered Nurses has 2,660 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2,560 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $76,730 per year, or $5,120 above Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 2,610 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2,510 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $35,300 per year, or $36,310 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 7. Customer Service Representatives has 2,130 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2,030 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $36,130 per year, or $35,480 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.07.
• 8. General and Operations Managers has 2,030 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 1,930 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its median is $97,450 per year, or $25,840 above Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 0.76.

Published role medians around Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA role table, at $97,450 per year. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers has $71,610 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $45,240 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $97,450 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $25,840 above Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 2,030 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 0.76.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $76,820 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $5,210 above Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 880 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.7.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $76,730 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $5,120 above Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 2,660 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 4. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $62,300 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $9,310 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,100 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 3.24.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $60,690 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $10,920 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,380 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.25.
• 6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $58,130 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $13,480 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,110 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $54,700 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $16,910 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,880 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.19.
• 8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a median of $46,520 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $25,090 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,430 jobs, compared with 100 for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. Its location quotient is 1.22.

Roles with the largest local share in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Industrial Machinery Mechanics has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA role table, at 3.24. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers has 9.65. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 3.24 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 6.41 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a median of $62,300 per year, or $9,310 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 2. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.16 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 7.49 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,600 jobs and a median of $36,800 per year, or $34,810 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.82 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 7.83 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,960 jobs and a median of $39,480 per year, or $32,130 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 7.95 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 880 jobs and a median of $76,820 per year, or $5,210 above Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 5. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.69 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 7.96 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 1,430 jobs and a median of $45,370 per year, or $26,240 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has a location quotient of 1.41 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 8.24 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 4,170 jobs and a median of $26,890 per year, or $44,720 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.35 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 8.30 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 930 jobs and a median of $28,020 per year, or $43,590 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has a location quotient of 1.33 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 8.32 from Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. BLS lists 2,910 jobs and a median of $35,760 per year, or $35,850 below Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.

What $71,610 may mean after the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 86.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.6% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $71,610 Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers median by 86.4 divided by 100. The result is $82,837 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 56.5. Goods are 96.2. Utilities are 75.9. Other services are 95.8. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA row

The employment RSE for this Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers row is 14%. The mean-wage RSE is 4.4%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 100 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $62,430 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers. It uses a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $71,610 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers row for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 100 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 9.65 is not a growth score. Rank 1 of 23 is not a place score. The 86.4 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-6091 in BLS area 28700. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.