Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in North Carolina

$49,570avg. a year
$23.83 an hour · 5,700 employed

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in North Carolina earn an average of $49,570 a year. That is $3,050 (6%) less than the U.S. average of $52,620. The best-paying metro area is Fayetteville, NC at $60,520.

$46,730Median pay
$23.83Average hourly
+16%Avg. pay since 2020
#41Of 50 states

Top-paying North Carolina metro areas

Average pay for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders by metro area. Swipe to see all 13.

150 jobs
Fayetteville, NC
$60,520
$29.10 an hour
21,780 jobs
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
$56,370
$27.10 an hour
31,790 jobs
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
$53,550
$25.75 an hour
4310 jobs
Raleigh-Cary, NC
$51,910
$24.96 an hour
590 jobs
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
$49,740
$23.92 an hour
6680 jobs
Greensboro-High Point, NC
$49,460
$23.78 an hour
7390 jobs
Winston-Salem, NC
$49,210
$23.66 an hour
8130 jobs
Greenville, NC
$48,980
$23.55 an hour
9520 jobs
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
$47,900
$23.03 an hour
10210 jobs
Asheville, NC
$47,450
$22.81 an hour
11180 jobs
Wilmington, NC
$47,190
$22.69 an hour
12110 jobs
Burlington, NC
$47,160
$22.68 an hour
1350 jobs
Rocky Mount, NC
$45,620
$21.93 an hour

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Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in North Carolina, charted

Pay over time

North Carolina, annual wage, May of each year
AverageMedian

Where North Carolina coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders work

Employment by metro area, May 2025

Average pay by state

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North Carolina vs. neighbors

Average pay, May 2025
AreaAvg. payHourly
United States$52,620$25.30
North Carolina$49,570$23.83
Virginia$54,720$26.31
Georgia$50,940$24.49
South Carolina$50,320$24.19
Tennessee$49,840$23.96

Questions and answers

How much do coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders make in North Carolina?

The average is $49,570 a year, and the median is $46,730. That is $3,050 (6%) less than the U.S. average of $52,620.

What is the hourly wage in North Carolina?

$23.83 an hour on average; the median is $22.47.

Where in North Carolina do they earn the most?

Fayetteville, NC ($60,520), followed by Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ($56,370). The lowest average among 13 metro areas with data is Rocky Mount, NC ($45,620).

How does North Carolina rank?

North Carolina ranks #41 of 50 states (including D.C.) with published data for this job, by average pay.

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (trend: May 2020–May 2025), occupation code 51-9124. State rank compares average pay across states with published data. Metro figures cover metropolitan statistical areas; a metro area can cross state lines. See also the national coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders page. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. Year-to-year changes can partly reflect survey method changes, so treat the trend as a guide. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.