SOC 51-7041 · Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood Salary in Mount Vernon, WA

The average salary for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Mount Vernon, Washington is $52,750 a year ($25.36 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $49,310: half of the 90 people in this job in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 21% more than the U.S. average for this job ($43,580).

$52,750average per year

$25.36 / hourMedian $49,310Take-home ≈ $44,565

  • $38K10th
  • $46K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $63K75th
  • $63K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

90people in this job
+21%vs U.S. average
#3 of 5Washington metros
102cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood pay range in Mount Vernon

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,120 a year or less, while the top 10% make $63,180 or more. The middle half of sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Mount Vernon earn between $46,000 and $63,180.

  • $38K10th
  • $46K25th
  • $49KMedian
  • $63K75th
  • $63K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$52,750$4,396$25.36
Median$49,310$4,109$23.71
Entry level (25th percentile)$46,000$3,833$22.12
Experienced (75th percentile)$63,180$5,265$30.38

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood pay in Mount Vernon vs. Washington and the U.S.

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Mount Vernon earn about the same as the Washington average ($53,150) and 21% more than the U.S. average ($43,580). At the median the gap is +15% against the U.S. median of $42,770.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Mount Vernon$52,750$49,310$38,120$63,18090
Washington$53,150$51,940$39,730$63,1801,720
United States$43,580$42,770$30,890$58,17040,850

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary after taxes in Mount Vernon

On the average salary of $52,750, a single filer in Mount Vernon takes home about $44,565 a year, or $3,714 a month and $1,714 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Washington's WA Cares (0.58%) and Paid Family and Medical Leave payroll premiums are not included.

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Is Mount Vernon a good place for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Mount Vernon area are 2% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 102.4), so the average $52,750 buys what about $51,492 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Mount Vernon ($59,590). A typical home costs $589,523, or 11.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in other Washington cities

Mount Vernon ranks 3rd of 5 Washington metro areas for this job; Longview pays the most ($56,090).

All Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salaries in Washington

Highest-paying cities for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

Baltimore, MD pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($70,870).

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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in Mount Vernon: questions

How much do sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood make an hour in Mount Vernon?

$25.36 an hour on average, and $23.71 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood salary in Mount Vernon?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,120 a year and the 25th percentile is $46,000, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood take-home pay in Mount Vernon?

About $44,565 a year ($3,714 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $52,750. Washington has no state income tax; Washington's WA Cares (0.58%) and Paid Family and Medical Leave payroll premiums are not included.

Do sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood earn more in Mount Vernon than elsewhere?

The average here is 21% more than the U.S. average for this job ($43,580).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-7041; area Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA (34580). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 2.6%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Washington's WA Cares (0.58%) and Paid Family and Medical Leave payroll premiums are not included.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 6.50, this job is 6.5 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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