SOC 51-6062 · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in Miami, FL

The average salary for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Miami, Florida is $35,990 a year ($17.30 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $35,390: half of the 240 people in this job in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 9% less than the U.S. average for this job ($39,530).

$35,990average per year

$17.30 / hourMedian $35,390Take-home ≈ $31,098

  • $29K10th
  • $31K25th
  • $35KMedian
  • $38K75th
  • $48K90th

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

240people in this job
-9%vs U.S. average
#3 of 3Florida metros
114cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay range in Miami

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,130 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,010 or more. The middle half of textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Miami earn between $30,970 and $37,580.

  • $29K10th
  • $31K25th
  • $35KMedian
  • $38K75th
  • $48K90th

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

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$35,990$2,999$17.30
Median$35,390$2,949$17.01
Entry level (25th percentile)$30,970$2,581$14.89
Experienced (75th percentile)$37,580$3,132$18.07

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

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Miami vs. Florida and the U.S.

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Miami earn about the same as the Florida average ($36,720) and 9% less than the U.S. average ($39,530). At the median the gap is -9% against the U.S. median of $38,760.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Miami$35,990$35,390$29,130$48,010240
Florida$36,720$35,680$29,100$49,320450
United States$39,530$38,760$28,650$49,4209,000

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

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary after taxes in Miami

On the average salary of $35,990, a single filer in Miami takes home about $31,098 a year, or $2,591 a month and $1,196 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% 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 Miami a good place for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Miami area are 14% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 114.2), so the average $35,990 buys what about $31,527 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Miami ($48,640). A typical home costs $475,622, or 13.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in other Florida cities

Miami ranks 3rd of 3 Florida metro areas for this job; Sarasota pays the most ($42,930).

All Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salaries in Florida

Highest-paying cities for textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

Hickory, NC pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($48,950).

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary by city

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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Miami: questions

How much do textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders make an hour in Miami?

$17.30 an hour on average, and $17.01 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders salary in Miami?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,130 a year and the 25th percentile is $30,970, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders take-home pay in Miami?

About $31,098 a year ($2,591 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $35,990. Florida has no state income tax.

Do textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more in Miami than elsewhere?

The average here is 9% less than the U.S. average for this job ($39,530).

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 51-6062; area Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (33100). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 3.7%.
  • 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 1.48, this job is 1.5 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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