SOC 51-9012 · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in San Antonio, TX

The average salary for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in San Antonio, Texas is $47,090 a year ($22.64 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $44,910: half of the 80 people in this job in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 16% less than the U.S. average for this job ($56,030).

$47,090average per year

$22.64 / hourMedian $44,910Take-home ≈ $40,017

  • $36K10th
  • $37K25th
  • $45KMedian
  • $50K75th
  • $60K90th

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

80people in this job
-16%vs U.S. average
#6 of 7Texas metros
95cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay range in San Antonio

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,700 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,310 or more. The middle half of separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in San Antonio earn between $36,960 and $50,330.

  • $36K10th
  • $37K25th
  • $45KMedian
  • $50K75th
  • $60K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$47,090$3,924$22.64
Median$44,910$3,742$21.59
Entry level (25th percentile)$36,960$3,080$17.77
Experienced (75th percentile)$50,330$4,194$24.20

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

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in San Antonio vs. Texas and the U.S.

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in San Antonio earn 8% less than the Texas average ($51,330) and 16% less than the U.S. average ($56,030). At the median the gap is -13% against the U.S. median of $51,610.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
San Antonio$47,090$44,910$35,700$60,31080
Texas$51,330$46,910$35,720$69,6701,460
United States$56,030$51,610$36,200$79,75060,100

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

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary after taxes in San Antonio

On the average salary of $47,090, a single filer in San Antonio takes home about $40,017 a year, or $3,335 a month and $1,539 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is San Antonio a good place for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the San Antonio area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 94.7), so the average $47,090 buys what about $49,717 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in San Antonio ($47,010). A typical home costs $280,297, or 6.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in other Texas cities

San Antonio ranks 6th of 7 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($62,920).

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Napa, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($74,220).

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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in San Antonio: questions

How much do separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders make an hour in San Antonio?

$22.64 an hour on average, and $21.59 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders salary in San Antonio?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,700 a year and the 25th percentile is $36,960, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders take-home pay in San Antonio?

About $40,017 a year ($3,335 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $47,090. Texas has no state income tax.

Do separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more in San Antonio than elsewhere?

The average here is 16% less than the U.S. average for this job ($56,030).

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 51-9012; area San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (41700). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 12.5%.
  • 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.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.19, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.19).

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