Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary — Fresno, California

The average Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Fresno, California earns $51,490 a year.

$51,490 / year, mean
↓ 1.2% below national average 29th percentile in California

Fresno pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
260
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.1%
Cost of living 102 #41 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $409,749 #49 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $71,897 #94 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Fresno ranks #41 for cost of living and #49 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Sacramento $75,880 Seattle $65,460 Bakersfield $65,320 Albany $65,300 San Francisco $63,860 Paducah $61,820 Albany $61,330 San Jose $61,170 Santa Maria $60,730 Atlantic City $59,760 Staunton $58,500 Santa Rosa $58,190 Springfield $58,050 Wheeling $57,850 San Diego $57,710 Midland $56,610 New York $56,430 Lancaster $56,380 Longview $56,320 Spokane $56,230 Philadelphia $55,940 Evansville $55,370 Portland $55,320 Bend $55,130 Pittsburgh $55,060 Allentown $55,000 Amarillo $54,840 Chicago $54,770 Hagerstown $54,550 Olympia $54,480 Los Angeles $54,300 Salem $54,070 Peoria $54,040 Glens Falls $53,960 Baltimore $53,770 Harrisburg $53,770 Odessa $53,590 Vineland $53,390 Huntington $53,300 York $53,260 Bellingham $53,240 Watertown $53,040 Riverside $53,030 Merced $53,000 Stockton $52,980 Reading $52,400 Syracuse $52,350 Modesto $52,290 Buffalo $51,950 Kiryas Joel $51,940 Richmond $51,730 Rockford $51,710 Mount Vernon $51,640 Kankakee $51,600 Rochester $51,510 Fresno $51,490 Salinas $51,380 Trenton $51,230 Roanoke $51,110 Visalia $50,910 Lebanon $50,890 Pensacola $50,720 Scranton $50,710 Austin $50,650 Medford $50,170 Williamsport $50,010 Chambersburg $49,920 Grand Rapids $49,850 Louisville $49,750 Utica $49,730 Flint $49,630 Binghamton $49,530 Charleston $49,480 Vallejo $49,420 Yakima $49,410 Erie $49,350 Blacksburg $49,210 Sarasota $49,190 Elkhart $49,090 Altoona $49,040 Champaign $48,900 Gettysburg $48,890 Eugene $48,610 Kennewick $48,580 Jacksonville $48,220 Detroit $48,080 Indianapolis $47,870 South Bend $47,810 Naples $47,690 Lansing $47,580 Tallahassee $47,550 Owensboro $47,470 Fort Wayne $47,370 Oxnard $47,220 Dallas $47,200 Winchester $47,140 Palm Bay $46,990 Lakeland $46,980 Michigan City $46,900 Killeen $46,860 Miami $46,860 Port St. Lucie $46,530 Virginia Beach $46,440 Tampa $46,390 Terre Haute $46,160 Houston $45,860 Lexington $45,830 Longview $45,830 Deltona $45,450 Waco $45,310 San Antonio $45,280 Orlando $44,650 Ocala $44,420 Ann Arbor $44,330 Niles $43,790 Kalamazoo $43,610 Fort Myers $43,330 Tyler $42,920 Sherman $42,840 Lubbock $40,980 El Paso $40,160 McAllen $39,930
CityMean salaryvs. Fresno
Albany, Oregon$65,300+26.8%
Albany, New York$61,330+19.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$55,000+6.8%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$49,040-4.8%
Amarillo, Texas$54,840+6.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$44,330-13.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$59,760+16.1%
Austin, Texas$50,650-1.6%
Bakersfield, California$65,320+26.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$53,770+4.4%
Bellingham, Washington$53,240+3.4%
Bend, Oregon$55,130+7.1%
Binghamton, New York$49,530-3.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$49,210-4.4%
Buffalo, New York$51,950+0.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$43,330-15.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$49,920-3.0%
Champaign, Illinois$48,900-5.0%
Charleston, West Virginia$49,480-3.9%
Chicago, Illinois$54,770+6.4%
Dallas, Texas$47,200-8.3%
Deltona, Florida$45,450-11.7%
Detroit, Michigan$48,080-6.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$49,090-4.7%
El Paso, Texas$40,160-22.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$49,350-4.2%
Eugene, Oregon$48,610-5.6%
Evansville, Indiana$55,370+7.5%
Flint, Michigan$49,630-3.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,370-8.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$48,890-5.0%
Glens Falls, New York$53,960+4.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$49,850-3.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$54,550+5.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,770+4.4%
Houston, Texas$45,860-10.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$53,300+3.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$47,870-7.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$48,220-6.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$43,610-15.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$51,600+0.2%
Kennewick, Washington$48,580-5.7%
Killeen, Texas$46,860-9.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$51,940+0.9%
Lakeland, Florida$46,980-8.8%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$56,380+9.5%
Lansing, Michigan$47,580-7.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$50,890-1.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$45,830-11.0%
Longview, Texas$45,830-11.0%
Longview, Washington$56,320+9.4%
Los Angeles, California$54,300+5.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$49,750-3.4%
Lubbock, Texas$40,980-20.4%
McAllen, Texas$39,930-22.5%
Medford, Oregon$50,170-2.6%
Merced, California$53,000+2.9%
Miami, Florida$46,860-9.0%
Michigan City, Indiana$46,900-8.9%
Midland, Texas$56,610+9.9%
Modesto, California$52,290+1.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$51,640+0.3%
Naples, Florida$47,690-7.4%
New York, New York$56,430+9.6%
Niles, Michigan$43,790-15.0%
Sarasota, Florida$49,190-4.5%
Ocala, Florida$44,420-13.7%
Odessa, Texas$53,590+4.1%
Olympia, Washington$54,480+5.8%
Orlando, Florida$44,650-13.3%
Owensboro, Kentucky$47,470-7.8%
Oxnard, California$47,220-8.3%
Paducah, Kentucky$61,820+20.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$46,990-8.7%
Pensacola, Florida$50,720-1.5%
Peoria, Illinois$54,040+5.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$55,940+8.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$55,060+6.9%
Portland, Oregon$55,320+7.4%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$46,530-9.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$52,400+1.8%
Richmond, Virginia$51,730+0.5%
Riverside, California$53,030+3.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$51,110-0.7%
Rochester, New York$51,510+0.0%
Rockford, Illinois$51,710+0.4%
Sacramento, California$75,880+47.4%
Salem, Oregon$54,070+5.0%
Salinas, California$51,380-0.2%
San Antonio, Texas$45,280-12.1%
San Diego, California$57,710+12.1%
San Francisco, California$63,860+24.0%
San Jose, California$61,170+18.8%
Santa Maria, California$60,730+17.9%
Santa Rosa, California$58,190+13.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$50,710-1.5%
Seattle, Washington$65,460+27.1%
Sherman, Texas$42,840-16.8%
South Bend, Indiana$47,810-7.1%
Spokane, Washington$56,230+9.2%
Springfield, Illinois$58,050+12.7%
Staunton, Virginia$58,500+13.6%
Stockton, California$52,980+2.9%
Syracuse, New York$52,350+1.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$47,550-7.7%
Tampa, Florida$46,390-9.9%
Terre Haute, Indiana$46,160-10.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$51,230-0.5%
Tyler, Texas$42,920-16.6%
Utica, New York$49,730-3.4%
Vallejo, California$49,420-4.0%
Vineland, New Jersey$53,390+3.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$46,440-9.8%
Visalia, California$50,910-1.1%
Waco, Texas$45,310-12.0%
Watertown, New York$53,040+3.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$57,850+12.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$50,010-2.9%
Winchester, Virginia$47,140-8.4%
Yakima, Washington$49,410-4.0%
York, Pennsylvania$53,260+3.4%
Gross salary
51,490/yr
Estimated take-home
42,270/yr
Est. total withheld
17.9%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Fresno

These notes add local color around Fresno, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-9023 SOC code
Official area Fresno, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 23420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
1,170,942