Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Arizona

$53,580avg. a year
$25.76 an hour · 2,440 employed

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arizona earn an average of $53,580 a year. That is about the same as the U.S. average of $52,620. The best-paying metro area is Yuma, AZ at $60,290.

$47,860Median pay
$25.76Average hourly
+31%Avg. pay since 2020
#20Of 50 states

Top-paying Arizona metro areas

Average pay for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders by metro area. Swipe to see all 5.

150 jobs
Yuma, AZ
$60,290
$28.98 an hour
280 jobs
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
$55,370
$26.62 an hour
31,850 jobs
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$53,880
$25.90 an hour
4300 jobs
Tucson, AZ
$52,380
$25.18 an hour
550 jobs
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
$52,320
$25.16 an hour

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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Arizona, charted

Pay over time

Arizona, annual wage, May of each year
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Where Arizona coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders work

Employment by metro area, May 2025

Average pay by state

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Arizona vs. neighbors

Average pay, May 2025
AreaAvg. payHourly
United States$52,620$25.30
Arizona$53,580$25.76
Colorado$66,000$31.73
California$58,030$27.90
Nevada$51,330$24.68
Utah$50,730$24.39
New Mexico$49,360$23.73

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Questions and answers

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

The average is $53,580 a year, and the median is $47,860. That is about the same as the U.S. average of $52,620.

What is the hourly wage in Arizona?

$25.76 an hour on average; the median is $23.01.

Where in Arizona do they earn the most?

Yuma, AZ ($60,290), followed by Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ ($55,370). The lowest average among 5 metro areas with data is Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ ($52,320).

How does Arizona rank?

Arizona ranks #20 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.