Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Missouri

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Missouri earn a median of $49,290 a year (4% below the U.S. median of $51,610), based on about 1,590 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Missouri. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

The state's price level is 90.8 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $49,290 here equals roughly $54,284 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Food Science and Technology

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.