Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $82K, rent takes 21.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,179/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders typically earn — is $39K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,347/month.

Local pay is 71% above the national median — $82K here vs. $48K nationally.

Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area pays $82K median vs. the U.S. average of $48K — that’s +71%.

The median is $82,360 a year, that works out to about $40 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $39,110, and experienced coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders can clear $82,360. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,396/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,179/month, which eats 21.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders salary is worth about $82,360 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.