The median annual wage for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is $48,280 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $48,040.
Pay spans roughly $37,600 at the 10th percentile to $60,250 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $23.21 per hour. An estimated 1,820 people work as coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.
| Median (annual) | $48,280 |
| Mean (annual) | $48,040 |
| Median (hourly) | $23.21 |
| 10th percentile | $37,600 |
| 90th percentile | $60,250 |
| Employment | 1,820 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.