Machine Operator Salary in Wisconsin

How much does a Machine Operator make in Wisconsin?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Machine Operator in Wisconsin is $45,610 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

However, a Machine Operator's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $54,654
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $41,310 to $50,344
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $37,396

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Machine Operator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$50,344	$4,195	$968	$24
Average	$45,610	$3,801	$877	$22
25th Percentile	$41,310	$3,443	$794	$20

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Key Factors That Influence Machine Operator Salaries

A Machine Operator's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Machine Operator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Machine Operator's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $40,513
Early Career (1-2 years): $45,016
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $51,046
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $64,173
Expert (over 8 years): $89,515

Levels	Salary
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$40,513
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$45,016
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$51,046
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$64,173
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$89,515

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How Do Machine Operator Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Machine Operators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $51,112.
California: $50,918.
Massachusetts: $50,240.

District of Columbia $51,112 California $50,918 Massachusetts $50,240 Washington $50,055 New Jersey $50,037 Alaska $49,972 Connecticut $49,335 New York $49,076

Hawaii $48,250 Rhode Island $47,862 Maryland $47,599 Minnesota $47,239 Colorado $47,101 Illinois $47,054 Oregon $46,879 Delaware $46,750

New Hampshire $46,669 Virginia $46,487 Pennsylvania $45,956 Nevada $45,688 North Dakota $45,600 Michigan $45,462 Wisconsin $45,411 Vermont $45,309

Texas $45,028 Maine $45,009 Arizona $44,982 Ohio $44,949 Georgia $44,525 Indiana $44,312 Wyoming $44,271 Utah $44,206

Iowa $44,178 Kansas $43,957 Louisiana $43,892 North Carolina $43,869 Missouri $43,860 Florida $43,680 Montana $43,583 Nebraska $43,491

Kentucky $43,440 South Carolina $43,255 Tennessee $43,140 Idaho $43,094 New Mexico $42,757 Oklahoma $42,683 Alabama $42,410 South Dakota $41,953

Arkansas $41,704 West Virginia $41,570 Mississippi $41,169

Top Paying Cities for Machine Operators

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Green Lake: $44,294
Greenville: $44,663
Hancock: $44,294

Green Lake, WI $44,294 Greenville, WI $44,663 Hancock, WI $44,294 Hortonville, WI $44,589 Iola, WI $44,294 King, WI $44,294 Larsen, WI $44,566 Leopolis, WI $43,985

Manawa, WI $44,142 Marion, WI $44,031 Menasha, WI $44,663 Neenah, WI $44,663 Neshkoro, WI $44,294 New London, WI $44,442 Ogdensburg, WI $44,294 Omro, WI $44,294

Pickett, WI $44,294 Pine River, WI $44,294 Plainfield, WI $44,294 Poy Sippi, WI $44,294 Princeton, WI $44,294 Readfield, WI $44,442 Redgranite, WI $44,294 Ripon, WI $44,294

Rosendale, WI $44,294 Saxeville, WI $44,294 Scandinavia, WI $44,294 Tilleda, WI $44,031 Van Dyne, WI $44,294 Waukau, WI $44,294 Waupaca, WI $44,294 Wautoma, WI $44,294

Weyauwega, WI $44,202 Wild Rose, WI $44,294 Winnebago, WI $44,492 Winneconne, WI $44,262 Wilson, WI $47,899 Boyd, WI $43,061 Cadott, WI $43,061 Chetek, WI $47,899

Chippewa Falls, WI $44,460 Colfax, WI $46,884 Conrath, WI $45,171 Cornell, WI $44,460 Dallas, WI $47,899 Downing, WI $47,899 Downsville, WI $45,863 Durand, WI $45,863

Eau Galle, WI $45,863 Eleva, WI $43,061 Elk Mound, WI $45,863 Elmwood, WI $46,884 Fairchild, WI $43,061 Fall Creek, WI $43,061 Gilmanton, WI $45,863 Holcombe, WI $45,610

Humbird, WI $43,061 Independence, WI $43,061 Jim Falls, WI $44,460 Knapp, WI $47,899 Maiden Rock, WI $45,863 Menomonie, WI $46,884 Merrillan, WI $43,061 Mondovi, WI $44,460

Nelson, WI $45,863 New Auburn, WI $46,884 Osseo, WI $43,061 Pepin, WI $45,863 Pigeon Falls, WI $43,061 Plum City, WI $45,863 Prairie Farm, WI $47,899 Ridgeland, WI $47,899

Rock Falls, WI $45,863 Sand Creek, WI $47,899 Sheldon, WI $43,463 Spring Valley, WI $46,884 Stanley, WI $43,061 Stockholm, WI $45,863 Strum, WI $43,061 Thorp, WI $43,061

Wheeler, WI $47,899 Whitehall, WI $43,061 Spooner, WI $43,865 Almena, WI $47,899 Ashland, WI $43,865 Balsam Lake, WI $47,899 Barron, WI $47,899 Barronett, WI $45,882

Bayfield, WI $43,865 Benoit, WI $43,865 Birchwood, WI $43,865 Brill, WI $45,882 Bruce, WI $45,882 Brule, WI $43,865 Cable, WI $43,865 Cameron, WI $47,899

Centuria, WI $47,899 Comstock, WI $47,899 Cornucopia, WI $43,865 Couderay, WI $43,865 Cumberland, WI $47,899 Danbury, WI $43,865 Drummond, WI $43,865 Edgewater, WI $43,865

Exeland, WI $43,865 Foxboro, WI $43,948 Frederic, WI $47,899 Gordon, WI $43,865 Grand View, WI $43,865 Grantsburg, WI $47,899 Haugen, WI $45,882 Hawthorne, WI $43,948

Hayward, WI $43,865 Herbster, WI $43,865 Hertel, WI $43,865 High Bridge, WI $43,865 Iron River, WI $43,865 Ladysmith, WI $45,882 Lake Nebagamon, WI $43,865 La Pointe, WI $43,865

Luck, WI $47,899 Maple, WI $43,948 Marengo, WI $43,865 Mason, WI $43,865 Mikana, WI $43,865 Milltown, WI $47,899 Minong, WI $43,865 Odanah, WI $43,865

Ojibwa, WI $43,865 Glidden, WI $43,865 Harshaw, WI $43,897 Hawkins, WI $43,865 Hazelhurst, WI $43,897 Heafford Junction, WI $43,897 Hurley, WI $43,865 Iron Belt, WI $43,865

Kennan, WI $43,865 Lac Du Flambeau, WI $43,865 Lake Tomahawk, WI $43,897 Land O Lakes, WI $43,897 Laona, WI $43,500 Long Lake, WI $43,500 Mc Naughton, WI $43,897 Manitowish Waters, WI $43,865

Mellen, WI $43,865 Mercer, WI $43,865 Minocqua, WI $43,888 Montreal, WI $43,865 Park Falls, WI $43,865 Phelps, WI $43,897 Phillips, WI $43,865 Prentice, WI $43,680

Presque Isle, WI $43,865 Saint Germain, WI $43,897 Saxon, WI $43,865 Sayner, WI $43,888 Star Lake, WI $43,888 Three Lakes, WI $43,897 Tony, WI $43,865 Tripoli, WI $43,897

Upson, WI $43,865 Wabeno, WI $43,500 Woodruff, WI $43,888 La Crosse, WI $43,431 Alma, WI $45,863 Alma Center, WI $43,061 Arcadia, WI $43,061 Arkdale, WI $44,086

Bangor, WI $43,357 Black River Falls, WI $43,061 Blair, WI $43,061 Camp Douglas, WI $43,061 Cashton, WI $43,135 Cataract, WI $43,061 Chaseburg, WI $43,380 Cochrane, WI $44,889

Coon Valley, WI $43,357 De Soto, WI $43,061 Dodge, WI $43,412 Eastman, WI $43,061 Ettrick, WI $43,061 Ferryville, WI $43,061 Fountain City, WI $44,063 Galesville, WI $43,158

Gays Mills, WI $43,061 Genoa, WI $43,283 Hillsboro, WI $43,061 Hixton, WI $43,061 Holmen, WI $43,408 Hustler, WI $43,061 Kendall, WI $43,061 La Farge, WI $43,061

Lynxville, WI $43,061 Mather, WI $43,061 Melrose, WI $43,061 Millston, WI $43,061 Mindoro, WI $43,283 Mount Sterling, WI $43,061 Necedah, WI $43,061 Norwalk, WI $43,061

Oakdale, WI $43,061 Onalaska, WI $43,431 Ontario, WI $43,061 Readstown, WI $43,061 Rockland, WI $43,260 Seneca, WI $43,061 Soldiers Grove, WI $43,061 Sparta, WI $43,112

Steuben, WI $43,061 Stoddard, WI $43,431 Taylor, WI $43,061 Tomah, WI $43,061 Trempealeau, WI $43,260 Palmyra, WI $45,111 Tunnel City, WI $43,061 Viola, WI $43,061

Viroqua, WI $43,084 Warrens, WI $43,061 Westby, WI $43,158 West Salem, WI $43,431 Wilton, WI $43,061 Eau Claire, WI $44,460 Altoona, WI $44,460 Arkansaw, WI $45,863

Augusta, WI $43,061 Bay City, WI $46,007 Bloomer, WI $45,610 Boyceville, WI $47,899 Glen Flora, WI $43,865 Wales, WI $45,277 Bagley, WI $43,061 Beetown, WI $43,408

Benton, WI $44,649 Bloomington, WI $43,061 Boscobel, WI $43,061 Cassville, WI $43,754 Cuba City, WI $45,111 Dickeyville, WI $44,432 Fennimore, WI $44,086 Glen Haven, WI $43,181

Hazel Green, WI $43,726 Kieler, WI $44,086 Lancaster, WI $44,086 Mount Hope, WI $43,061 Patch Grove, WI $43,061 Platteville, WI $45,111 Potosi, WI $44,432 Prairie Du Chien, WI $43,061

Sinsinawa, WI $43,731 Stitzer, WI $44,086 Wauzeka, WI $43,061 Woodman, WI $43,061 Portage, WI $45,111 Adams, WI $45,111 Arlington, WI $45,309 Baraboo, WI $45,111

Beaver Dam, WI $45,111 Brandon, WI $44,294 Briggsville, WI $45,111 Burnett, WI $45,111 Cambria, WI $45,111 Cazenovia, WI $44,086 Columbus, WI $45,111 Dalton, WI $45,111

Dellwood, WI $44,086 Doylestown, WI $45,111 Elroy, WI $43,061 Endeavor, WI $45,111 Fairwater, WI $44,294 Fall River, WI $45,111 Fox Lake, WI $45,111 Friendship, WI $44,086

Friesland, WI $45,111 Grand Marsh, WI $45,111 Hillpoint, WI $45,111 Kingston, WI $45,111 Lake Delton, WI $45,111 La Valle, WI $45,111 Lime Ridge, WI $45,111 Loganville, WI $45,111

Lyndon Station, WI $45,111 Markesan, WI $45,111 Marquette, WI $45,111 Mauston, WI $44,086 Montello, WI $45,111 New Lisbon, WI $43,061 North Freedom, WI $45,111 Oxford, WI $45,111

Packwaukee, WI $45,111 Pardeeville, WI $45,111 Poynette, WI $45,185 Randolph, WI $45,111 Reedsburg, WI $45,111 Rio, WI $45,111 Rock Springs, WI $45,111 Union Center, WI $43,061

Waupun, WI $44,294 Westfield, WI $45,111 Wisconsin Dells, WI $45,111 Wonewoc, WI $43,061 Wyocena, WI $45,111 Amery, WI $47,899 Baldwin, WI $47,899 Beldenville, WI $47,899

Clayton, WI $47,899 Clear Lake, WI $47,899 Cushing, WI $47,899 Deer Park, WI $47,899 Dresser, WI $47,899 East Ellsworth, WI $46,994 Ellsworth, WI $47,290 Glenwood City, WI $47,899

Hager City, WI $46,824 Hammond, WI $47,899 Hudson, WI $47,899 New Richmond, WI $47,899 Osceola, WI $47,899 Prescott, WI $47,899 River Falls, WI $47,899 Roberts, WI $47,899

Saint Croix Falls, WI $47,899 Somerset, WI $47,899 Star Prairie, WI $47,899 Pell Lake, WI $44,603 Pleasant Prairie, WI $44,548 Powers Lake, WI $44,631 Rochester, WI $45,009 Salem, WI $44,451

Silver Lake, WI $44,816 Somers, WI $44,622 South Milwaukee, WI $46,214 Springfield, WI $44,760 Sturtevant, WI $44,622 Sullivan, WI $45,305 Trevor, WI $44,760 Twin Lakes, WI $44,645

Union Grove, WI $44,571 Walworth, WI $44,211 Radisson, WI $43,865 Waterford, WI $45,042 Waukesha, WI $46,043 Whitewater, WI $44,917 Williams Bay, WI $44,428 Wilmot, WI $44,400

Woodworth, WI $44,474 Zenda, WI $44,432 Milwaukee, WI $46,214 Saint Francis, WI $46,214 Racine, WI $44,622 Afton, WI $44,603 Albany, WI $44,714 Arena, WI $45,111

Argyle, WI $44,949 Avalon, WI $44,465 Avoca, WI $45,111 Barneveld, WI $45,111 Belleville, WI $45,309 Belmont, WI $45,111 Beloit, WI $44,354 Black Earth, WI $45,259

Blanchardville, WI $45,111 Blue Mounds, WI $45,162 Blue River, WI $43,061 Brodhead, WI $44,575 Brooklyn, WI $45,333 Browntown, WI $44,603 Cambridge, WI $45,259 Gile, WI $43,865

Clinton, WI $44,372 Wausau, WI $43,897 Marshfield, WI $43,061 Abbotsford, WI $43,061 Amherst, WI $44,294 Amherst Junction, WI $44,294 Aniwa, WI $43,897 Antigo, WI $43,897

Arpin, WI $43,675 Athens, WI $43,620 Auburndale, WI $43,675 Babcock, WI $43,061 Birnamwood, WI $43,897 Blenker, WI $43,675 Bowler, WI $44,294 Brokaw, WI $43,897

Bryant, WI $43,897 Chili, WI $43,061 Colby, WI $43,061 Curtiss, WI $43,061 Custer, WI $44,294 Deerbrook, WI $43,897 Dorchester, WI $43,061 Edgar, WI $44,294

Eland, WI $43,897 Elcho, WI $43,897 Elderon, WI $44,294 Elton, WI $43,500 Galloway, WI $44,294 Gilman, WI $43,061 Jump River, WI $43,463 Gleason, WI $43,897

Granton, WI $43,061 Greenwood, WI $43,061 Hannibal, WI $43,061 Hatley, WI $43,897 Hewitt, WI $43,675 Irma, WI $43,897 Junction City, WI $44,294 Loyal, WI $43,061

Lublin, WI $43,061 Marathon, WI $44,294 Mattoon, WI $43,897 Medford, WI $43,061 Merrill, WI $43,897 Milladore, WI $44,294 Mosinee, WI $44,294 Neillsville, WI $43,061

Nekoosa, WI $43,675 Nelsonville, WI $44,294 Ogema, WI $43,680 Owen, WI $43,061 Pearson, WI $43,897 Pelican Lake, WI $43,897 Phlox, WI $43,897 Woodville, WI $47,899

Houlton, WI $47,899 Abrams, WI $43,698 Amberg, WI $43,500 Armstrong Creek, WI $43,500 Athelstane, WI $43,500 Black Creek, WI $44,589 Bonduel, WI $43,841 Brillion, WI $44,465

Cecil, WI $43,809 Coleman, WI $43,500 Combined Locks, WI $44,663 Crivitz, WI $43,500 De Pere, WI $43,869 Dunbar, WI $43,500 Fence, WI $43,500 Florence, WI $43,500

Forest Junction, WI $44,612 Gillett, WI $43,721 Goodman, WI $43,500 Greenleaf, WI $44,566 Green Valley, WI $43,837 Gresham, WI $43,897 Hilbert, WI $44,539 Kaukauna, WI $44,663

Freedom, WI $44,663 Keshena, WI $43,791 Kimberly, WI $44,663 Krakow, WI $43,671 Lakewood, WI $43,500 Lena, WI $43,565 Little Chute, WI $44,663 Little Suamico, WI $43,818

Marinette, WI $43,500 Mountain, WI $43,500 Neopit, WI $43,897 Niagara, WI $43,500 Nichols, WI $44,442 Oconto, WI $43,560 Oconto Falls, WI $43,708 Oneida, WI $43,869

Pembine, WI $43,500 Peshtigo, WI $43,500 Porterfield, WI $43,500 Potter, WI $44,442 Pound, WI $43,500 Pulaski, WI $43,795 Pickerel, WI $43,897 Pittsville, WI $43,061

Plover, WI $44,294 Port Edwards, WI $43,675 Rib Lake, WI $43,620 Ringle, WI $44,294 Rosholt, WI $44,294 Rothschild, WI $44,294 Rudolph, WI $44,294 Schofield, WI $44,294

Spencer, WI $43,061 Stetsonville, WI $43,061 Stevens Point, WI $44,294 Stratford, WI $43,675 Summit Lake, WI $43,897 Tigerton, WI $44,294 Tomahawk, WI $43,897 Unity, WI $43,061

Vesper, WI $43,675 Westboro, WI $43,620 White Lake, WI $43,500 Willard, WI $43,061 Wisconsin Rapids, WI $44,294 Withee, WI $43,061 Wittenberg, WI $44,294 Rhinelander, WI $43,897

Argonne, WI $43,500 Boulder Junction, WI $43,680 Brantwood, WI $43,680 Butternut, WI $43,865 Catawba, WI $43,463 Clam Lake, WI $43,865 Conover, WI $43,897 Crandon, WI $43,500

Eagle River, WI $43,897 Fifield, WI $43,865 Poplar, WI $44,003 Port Wing, WI $43,865 Seymour, WI $44,142 Oak Creek, WI $45,356 Adell, WI $45,845 Allenton, WI $45,845

Ashippun, WI $45,674 Belgium, WI $45,845 Brookfield, WI $46,191 Brownsville, WI $44,811 Butler, WI $46,214 Campbellsport, WI $45,674 Cascade, WI $45,536 Cedarburg, WI $46,043

Cedar Grove, WI $45,845 Chilton, WI $44,091 Cleveland, WI $44,049 Clyman, WI $45,314 Colgate, WI $45,545 Delafield, WI $45,328 Eden, WI $44,294 Elkhart Lake, WI $44,238

Fredonia, WI $45,845 Germantown, WI $46,043 Glenbeulah, WI $44,294 Grafton, WI $46,016 Greenbush, WI $44,294 Hartford, WI $45,845 Hartland, WI $45,388 Hingham, WI $44,552

Horicon, WI $45,439 Hubertus, WI $45,577 Hustisford, WI $45,522 Iron Ridge, WI $45,720 Ixonia, WI $45,568 Jackson, WI $45,683 Johnson Creek, WI $45,286 Juneau, WI $45,296

Kewaskum, WI $45,845 Kiel, WI $44,105 Kohler, WI $45,328 Lannon, WI $46,090 Lebanon, WI $45,545 Lomira, WI $45,536 Malone, WI $44,192 Mayville, WI $45,845

Menomonee Falls, WI $46,140 Merton, WI $45,448 Mount Calvary, WI $44,294 Nashotah, WI $45,369 Neosho, WI $45,693 Newburg, WI $45,845 New Holstein, WI $44,082 Newton, WI $43,952

North Lake, WI $46,016 Oakfield, WI $44,294 Oconomowoc, WI $45,420 Okauchee, WI $45,416 Oostburg, WI $45,845 Pewaukee, WI $46,016 Plymouth, WI $44,640 Port Washington, WI $45,753

Random Lake, WI $45,845 Richfield, WI $45,623 Rubicon, WI $45,803 Saint Cloud, WI $44,294 Saukville, WI $45,730 Sheboygan, WI $45,845 Sheboygan Falls, WI $45,226 Slinger, WI $45,780

Stockbridge, WI $44,515 Sussex, WI $46,043 West Bend, WI $45,845 Theresa, WI $45,845 Thiensville, WI $46,140 Waldo, WI $45,499 Watertown, WI $45,333 Mequon, WI $46,140

Woodland, WI $45,845 Bassett, WI $44,677 Benet Lake, WI $44,474 Big Bend, WI $45,993 Bristol, WI $44,474 Burlington, WI $44,917 Caledonia, WI $44,622 Camp Lake, WI $44,788

Cudahy, WI $46,214 Darien, WI $44,299 Delavan, WI $44,419 Dousman, WI $45,305 Eagle, WI $45,139 Cobb, WI $45,111 Cottage Grove, WI $45,480 Cross Plains, WI $45,406

Dane, WI $45,406 Darlington, WI $45,111 Deerfield, WI $45,333 De Forest, WI $45,457 Dodgeville, WI $45,111 Edgerton, WI $44,843 Edmund, WI $45,111 Evansville, WI $44,820

Footville, WI $44,608 Fort Atkinson, WI $45,000 Gotham, WI $45,111 Gratiot, WI $44,802 Hanover, WI $44,603 Highland, WI $45,111 Hollandale, WI $45,111 Janesville, WI $44,580

Shawano, WI $43,860 Sherwood, WI $44,663 Shiocton, WI $44,566 Sobieski, WI $43,818 Suamico, WI $43,869 Suring, WI $43,551 Townsend, WI $43,500 Wausaukee, WI $43,500

Wrightstown, WI $44,663 Zachow, WI $43,625 Algoma, WI $43,500 Baileys Harbor, WI $43,500 Brussels, WI $43,601 Casco, WI $43,625 Collins, WI $43,985 Denmark, WI $43,698

Egg Harbor, WI $43,500 Ellison Bay, WI $43,500 Ephraim, WI $43,500 Fish Creek, WI $43,500 Forestville, WI $43,500 Francis Creek, WI $43,846 Kellnersville, WI $43,865 Kewaunee, WI $43,657

Luxemburg, WI $43,721 Manitowoc, WI $43,865 Maplewood, WI $43,500 Maribel, WI $43,892 Mishicot, WI $43,805 New Franken, WI $43,869 Reedsville, WI $43,957 Saint Nazianz, WI $43,994

Sister Bay, WI $43,500 Sturgeon Bay, WI $43,500 Tisch Mills, WI $43,758 Two Rivers, WI $43,800 Valders, WI $43,952 Washington Island, WI $43,500 Whitelaw, WI $43,897 Green Bay, WI $43,869

East Troy, WI $45,028 Elkhorn, WI $44,626 Elm Grove, WI $46,214 Fontana, WI $44,326 Franksville, WI $44,599 Genesee Depot, WI $45,120 Genoa City, WI $44,580 Greendale, WI $46,214

Hales Corners, WI $46,214 Franklin, WI $46,140 Helenville, WI $45,374 Honey Creek, WI $44,908 Kansasville, WI $44,474 Kenosha, WI $44,622 New Berlin, WI $46,164 Lake Geneva, WI $44,599

Lyons, WI $44,834 Mukwonago, WI $45,116 Muskego, WI $46,067 New Munster, WI $44,788 North Prairie, WI $45,185 Fremont, WI $44,183 Rice Lake, WI $45,882 Sarona, WI $43,865

Shell Lake, WI $43,865 Siren, WI $45,882 Solon Springs, WI $43,865 South Range, WI $44,142 Springbrook, WI $43,865 Stone Lake, WI $43,865 Superior, WI $44,280 Trego, WI $43,865

Turtle Lake, WI $47,899 Wascott, WI $43,865 Washburn, WI $43,865 Webster, WI $43,865 Weyerhaeuser, WI $45,882 Winter, WI $43,865 Oshkosh, WI $44,262 Almond, WI $44,294

Appleton, WI $44,663 Bancroft, WI $44,294 Bear Creek, WI $44,008 Berlin, WI $44,294 Big Falls, WI $44,234 Butte Des Morts, WI $44,419 Caroline, WI $44,031 Clintonville, WI $43,975

Coloma, WI $44,294 Dale, WI $44,539 Eldorado, WI $44,294 Embarrass, WI $43,943 Eureka, WI $44,294 Fond Du Lac, WI $44,294 Jefferson, WI $45,231 Juda, WI $44,502

Lake Mills, WI $45,134 Linden, WI $45,111 Livingston, WI $45,111 Lodi, WI $45,282 Lone Rock, WI $45,111 Lowell, WI $45,111 Mc Farland, WI $45,480 Marshall, WI $45,309

Mazomanie, WI $45,185 Merrimac, WI $45,134 Middleton, WI $45,480 Milton, WI $44,691 Mineral Point, WI $45,111 Monroe, WI $44,603 Montfort, WI $45,111 Monticello, WI $44,802

Morrisonville, WI $45,406 Mount Horeb, WI $45,259 Muscoda, WI $44,086 New Glarus, WI $44,982 Oregon, WI $45,457 Orfordville, WI $44,580 Plain, WI $45,111 Prairie Du Sac, WI $45,162

Reeseville, WI $45,111 Rewey, WI $45,111 Richland Center, WI $44,086 Ridgeway, WI $45,111 Sauk City, WI $45,185 Sextonville, WI $45,111 Sharon, WI $44,192 Shullsburg, WI $44,649

South Wayne, WI $44,585 Spring Green, WI $45,111 Stoughton, WI $45,383 Sun Prairie, WI $45,480 Verona, WI $45,480 Waterloo, WI $45,208 Waunakee, WI $45,480 Windsor, WI $45,480

Woodford, WI $44,880 Madison, WI $45,480

Machine Operator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Machine Operator's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$41,310

Average $45,610/year

$50,344

$3,443

Average $3,801/month

$4,195

$794

Average $877/week

$968

$20

Average $22/hour

$24

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$50,344	$4,195	$968	$24
Average	$45,610	$3,801	$877	$22
25th Percentile	$41,310	$3,443	$794	$20

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