Machine Operator Salary in Mississippi

How much does a Machine Operator make in Mississippi?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Machine Operator in Mississippi is $40,231 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $19.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $48,356
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $36,334 to $44,484
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $32,785

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Machine Operator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$44,484	$3,707	$855	$21
Average	$40,231	$3,353	$774	$19
25th Percentile	$36,334	$3,028	$699	$17

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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): $35,922
Early Career (1-2 years): $39,918
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $45,281
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $48,692
Expert (over 8 years): $70,666

Levels	Salary
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$35,922
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$39,918
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$45,281
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$48,692
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$70,666

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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: $49,948.
California: $49,759.
Massachusetts: $49,096.

District of Columbia $49,948 California $49,759 Massachusetts $49,096 Washington $48,915 New Jersey $48,897 Alaska $48,834 Connecticut $48,212 New York $47,959

Hawaii $47,151 Rhode Island $46,772 Maryland $46,515 Minnesota $46,163 Colorado $46,028 Illinois $45,983 Oregon $45,812 Delaware $45,685

New Hampshire $45,606 Virginia $45,428 Pennsylvania $44,909 Nevada $44,648 North Dakota $44,562 Michigan $44,427 Wisconsin $44,377 Vermont $44,278

Texas $44,003 Maine $43,984 Arizona $43,957 Ohio $43,926 Georgia $43,511 Indiana $43,303 Wyoming $43,263 Utah $43,200

Iowa $43,172 Kansas $42,956 Louisiana $42,893 North Carolina $42,870 Missouri $42,861 Florida $42,685 Montana $42,591 Nebraska $42,500

Kentucky $42,451 South Carolina $42,270 Tennessee $42,157 Idaho $42,112 New Mexico $41,783 Oklahoma $41,711 Alabama $41,445 South Dakota $40,998

Arkansas $40,754 West Virginia $40,624 Mississippi $40,231

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:

Hillsboro: $39,703
Holly Bluff: $39,699
Kosciusko: $39,703

Hillsboro, MS $39,703 Holly Bluff, MS $39,699 Kosciusko, MS $39,703 Lake, MS $39,703 Lena, MS $39,703 Lexington, MS $39,699 Lorman, MS $39,744 Louise, MS $39,699

Ludlow, MS $39,703 Mc Adams, MS $39,703 Mc Cool, MS $38,057 Madden, MS $39,703 Madison, MS $40,055 Magee, MS $39,703 Mayersville, MS $39,699 Mendenhall, MS $39,703

Midnight, MS $39,699 Mize, MS $39,703 Morton, MS $39,703 Mount Olive, MS $39,703 Natchez, MS $39,157 Newhebron, MS $39,703 Pattison, MS $39,703 Pelahatchie, MS $39,757

Pickens, MS $39,703 Piney Woods, MS $40,028 Pinola, MS $39,703 Port Gibson, MS $39,703 Puckett, MS $39,703 Pulaski, MS $39,703 Raleigh, MS $39,703 Raymond, MS $40,001

Redwood, MS $39,703 Ridgeland, MS $40,109 Rolling Fork, MS $39,699 Sallis, MS $39,703 Sandhill, MS $39,893 Satartia, MS $39,703 Sharon, MS $39,703 Sibley, MS $40,822

Silver City, MS $39,699 Star, MS $40,028 Taylorsville, MS $39,703 Tchula, MS $39,699 Terry, MS $39,974 Thomastown, MS $39,703 Tinsley, MS $39,703 Tougaloo, MS $40,109

Utica, MS $39,703 Vaiden, MS $39,153 Valley Park, MS $39,703 Vaughan, MS $39,703 Vicksburg, MS $39,703 Walnut Grove, MS $39,703 Washington, MS $40,822 Wesson, MS $39,703

West, MS $39,699 Whitfield, MS $40,028 Yazoo City, MS $39,703 Jackson, MS $40,109 Pearl, MS $40,109 Richland, MS $40,109 Flowood, MS $40,109 Byram, MS $40,109

Lula, MS $41,941 Lyon, MS $40,818 Marks, MS $41,941 Michigan City, MS $41,941 Mount Pleasant, MS $41,941 Myrtle, MS $41,941 Nesbit, MS $42,090 New Albany, MS $39,997

Olive Branch, MS $42,090 Oxford, MS $41,941 Pope, MS $41,941 Potts Camp, MS $41,941 Red Banks, MS $41,941 Ripley, MS $40,240 Robinsonville, MS $41,941 Sarah, MS $41,941

Sardis, MS $41,941 Senatobia, MS $41,941 Sherard, MS $39,699 Sledge, MS $41,941 Southaven, MS $42,194 Taylor, MS $41,941 Tiplersville, MS $41,941 Tula, MS $39,997

Tunica, MS $41,941 University, MS $41,941 Victoria, MS $41,941 Walls, MS $42,153 Walnut, MS $40,240 Waterford, MS $41,941 Greenville, MS $40,105 Alligator, MS $39,699

Anguilla, MS $39,726 Arcola, MS $40,105 Avon, MS $40,105 Benoit, MS $39,699 Beulah, MS $39,699 Boyle, MS $39,699 Chatham, MS $39,969 Cleveland, MS $39,699

Doddsville, MS $39,699 Drew, MS $39,699 Parchman, MS $39,699 Dublin, MS $39,699 Duncan, MS $39,699 Glen Allan, MS $39,888 Grace, MS $39,753 Gunnison, MS $39,699

Hollandale, MS $40,051 Holly Ridge, MS $39,780 Indianola, MS $39,753 Inverness, MS $39,726 Isola, MS $39,753 Leland, MS $40,105 Merigold, MS $39,699 Metcalfe, MS $40,078

Moorhead, MS $39,699 Mound Bayou, MS $39,699 Pace, MS $39,699 Panther Burn, MS $39,915 Rena Lara, MS $39,699 Rome, MS $39,699 Rosedale, MS $39,699 Ruleville, MS $39,699

Scott, MS $39,807 Shaw, MS $39,699 Shelby, MS $39,699 Stoneville, MS $40,105 Sunflower, MS $39,699 Wayside, MS $40,105 Winstonville, MS $39,699 Winterville, MS $40,105

Tupelo, MS $38,057 Algoma, MS $38,057 Amory, MS $38,057 Baldwyn, MS $38,539 Becker, MS $38,057 Belden, MS $38,057 Belmont, MS $38,539 Blue Springs, MS $38,057

Booneville, MS $38,539 Burnsville, MS $38,539 Corinth, MS $38,539 Dennis, MS $38,539 Derma, MS $38,057 Ecru, MS $38,057 Fulton, MS $38,057 Gattman, MS $38,057

Glen, MS $38,539 Abbeville, MS $41,941 Arkabutla, MS $41,941 Ashland, MS $41,941 Batesville, MS $41,941 Belen, MS $41,941 Blue Mountain, MS $41,941 Byhalia, MS $41,941

Clarksdale, MS $40,818 Coahoma, MS $41,941 Coldwater, MS $41,941 Como, MS $41,941 Courtland, MS $41,941 Crenshaw, MS $41,941 Crowder, MS $41,941 Darling, MS $41,941

Dumas, MS $38,539 Dundee, MS $41,941 Etta, MS $41,941 Falcon, MS $41,941 Falkner, MS $40,240 Farrell, MS $40,818 Friars Point, MS $41,941 Hernando, MS $41,982

Hickory Flat, MS $41,941 Holly Springs, MS $41,941 Horn Lake, MS $42,171 Independence, MS $41,941 Jonestown, MS $41,941 Lake Cormorant, MS $42,045 Lamar, MS $41,941 Stennis Space Center, MS $39,965

Diamondhead, MS $39,505 Biloxi, MS $39,983 Diberville, MS $39,983 Escatawpa, MS $39,798 Gautier, MS $39,798 Hurley, MS $39,527 Kiln, MS $39,460 Lakeshore, MS $40,028

Long Beach, MS $39,667 Mc Henry, MS $39,460 Moss Point, MS $39,798 Ocean Springs, MS $39,983 Vancleave, MS $39,983 Pascagoula, MS $39,798 Pass Christian, MS $39,640 Pearlington, MS $40,488

Perkinston, MS $39,415 Saucier, MS $39,622 Waveland, MS $39,424 Wiggins, MS $39,419 Brookhaven, MS $39,703 Bogue Chitto, MS $39,703 Bude, MS $41,093 Centreville, MS $42,487

Chatawa, MS $42,487 Crosby, MS $42,487 Fernwood, MS $42,487 Gloster, MS $42,487 Jayess, MS $39,703 Kokomo, MS $39,514 Liberty, MS $42,487 Mc Call Creek, MS $39,703

Mccomb, MS $41,093 Magnolia, MS $42,487 Meadville, MS $41,093 Monticello, MS $39,703 Oak Vale, MS $39,703 Osyka, MS $42,487 Roxie, MS $41,093 Ruth, MS $39,703

Silver Creek, MS $39,703 Smithdale, MS $41,093 Sontag, MS $39,703 Summit, MS $41,093 Tylertown, MS $41,021 Union Church, MS $39,703 Woodville, MS $42,487 Columbus, MS $38,463

Aberdeen, MS $38,192 Ackerman, MS $38,057 Artesia, MS $38,354 Bellefontaine, MS $38,057 Brooksville, MS $38,138 Caledonia, MS $38,382 Cedarbluff, MS $38,138 Crawford, MS $38,219

Eupora, MS $38,057 French Camp, MS $38,057 Hamilton, MS $38,246 Kilmichael, MS $38,057 Maben, MS $38,057 Mantee, MS $38,057 Mathiston, MS $38,057 Mayhew, MS $38,463

Montpelier, MS $38,057 Pheba, MS $38,057 Prairie, MS $38,165 Starkville, MS $38,165 Mississippi State, MS $38,192 Steens, MS $38,463 Stewart, MS $38,057 Sturgis, MS $38,057

Walthall, MS $38,057 Weir, MS $38,057 West Point, MS $38,436 Woodland, MS $38,057 Thaxton, MS $38,057 Tishomingo, MS $38,539 Toccopola, MS $38,057 Trebloc, MS $38,057

Tremont, MS $38,296 Van Vleet, MS $38,057 Vardaman, MS $38,057 Verona, MS $38,057 Wheeler, MS $38,539 Grenada, MS $38,878 Banner, MS $38,057 Big Creek, MS $38,057

Bruce, MS $38,057 Calhoun City, MS $38,057 Carrollton, MS $39,699 Cascilla, MS $39,699 Charleston, MS $40,818 Coffeeville, MS $38,057 Coila, MS $39,699 Cruger, MS $39,699

Duck Hill, MS $38,878 Elliott, MS $38,878 Enid, MS $41,941 Glendora, MS $39,699 Gore Springs, MS $38,057 Greenwood, MS $39,699 Holcomb, MS $39,699 Itta Bena, MS $39,699

Mc Carley, MS $39,699 Minter City, MS $39,699 Money, MS $39,699 Morgan City, MS $39,699 North Carrollton, MS $39,699 Oakland, MS $40,818 Paris, MS $39,997 Philipp, MS $39,699

Pittsboro, MS $38,057 Schlater, MS $39,699 Scobey, MS $40,818 Sidon, MS $39,699 Slate Spring, MS $38,057 Sumner, MS $39,699 Swan Lake, MS $39,699 Swiftown, MS $39,699

Tie Plant, MS $38,878 Tillatoba, MS $40,818 Tippo, MS $39,699 Tutwiler, MS $39,699 Vance, MS $39,699 Water Valley, MS $41,941 Webb, MS $39,699 Winona, MS $38,878

Belzoni, MS $39,699 Benton, MS $39,703 Bentonia, MS $39,703 Bolton, MS $39,947 Brandon, MS $40,082 Braxton, MS $39,757 Camden, MS $39,703 Canton, MS $39,730

Carthage, MS $39,703 Cary, MS $39,699 Clinton, MS $40,109 Conehatta, MS $39,703 Crystal Springs, MS $39,730 Delta City, MS $39,807 D Lo, MS $39,703 Durant, MS $39,703

Edwards, MS $39,730 Ethel, MS $38,057 Fayette, MS $39,703 Flora, MS $39,893 Pocahontas, MS $40,109 Florence, MS $40,082 Meridian, MS $39,703 Bailey, MS $38,057

Buckatunna, MS $40,745 Chunky, MS $39,703 Clara, MS $40,745 Collinsville, MS $38,878 Daleville, MS $38,057 Decatur, MS $39,703 De Kalb, MS $38,057 Enterprise, MS $39,703

Hickory, MS $39,703 Lauderdale, MS $39,699 Lawrence, MS $39,703 Little Rock, MS $39,703 Louin, MS $39,703 Louisville, MS $38,057 Macon, MS $38,057 Marion, MS $39,699

Newton, MS $39,703 Noxapater, MS $38,057 Pachuta, MS $39,703 Paulding, MS $39,703 Philadelphia, MS $38,878 Porterville, MS $39,699 Preston, MS $38,057 Quitman, MS $39,703

Rose Hill, MS $39,703 Scooba, MS $38,057 Sebastopol, MS $39,703 Shubuta, MS $40,222 Shuqualak, MS $38,057 State Line, MS $40,745 Stonewall, MS $39,703 Toomsuba, MS $39,699

Union, MS $39,703 Vossburg, MS $39,703 Waynesboro, MS $40,745 Hattiesburg, MS $39,419 Bassfield, MS $39,703 Bay Springs, MS $39,703 Beaumont, MS $39,419 Brooklyn, MS $39,410

Carriere, MS $39,388 Carson, MS $39,703 Collins, MS $39,703 Columbia, MS $39,514 Eastabuchie, MS $39,514 Ellisville, MS $39,640 Heidelberg, MS $39,703 Laurel, MS $39,703

Leakesville, MS $40,745 Lucedale, MS $39,933 Lumberton, MS $39,261 Mc Lain, MS $39,514 Mc Neill, MS $39,347 Moselle, MS $39,514 Moss, MS $39,703 Neely, MS $39,744

New Augusta, MS $39,419 Nicholson, MS $39,997 Ovett, MS $39,744 Petal, MS $39,419 Picayune, MS $39,776 Poplarville, MS $39,374 Prentiss, MS $39,703 Purvis, MS $39,419

Richton, MS $39,744 Sandersville, MS $39,703 Sandy Hook, MS $39,419 Seminary, MS $39,703 Soso, MS $39,703 Stringer, MS $39,703 Sumrall, MS $39,514 Foxworth, MS $39,703

Gulfport, MS $39,667 Bay Saint Louis, MS $39,866 Plantersville, MS $38,057 Pontotoc, MS $38,057 Randolph, MS $38,057 Rienzi, MS $38,539 Saltillo, MS $38,296 Shannon, MS $38,057

Sherman, MS $38,057 Smithville, MS $38,057 Golden, MS $38,539 Greenwood Springs, MS $38,057 Guntown, MS $38,296 Houlka, MS $38,057 Houston, MS $38,057 Iuka, MS $38,539

Mantachie, MS $38,296 Marietta, MS $38,539 Mooreville, MS $38,057 Nettleton, MS $38,057 New Site, MS $38,539 Okolona, MS $38,057 Lambert, MS $41,941 Forest, MS $39,703

Gallman, MS $39,703 Georgetown, MS $39,703 Goodman, MS $39,703 Harperville, MS $39,703 Harriston, MS $39,703 Harrisville, MS $39,730 Hazlehurst, MS $39,703 Hermanville, MS $39,703

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 April 01, 2026

$36,334

Average $40,231/year

$44,484

$3,028

Average $3,353/month

$3,707

$699

Average $774/week

$855

$17

Average $19/hour

$21

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$44,484	$3,707	$855	$21
Average	$40,231	$3,353	$774	$19
25th Percentile	$36,334	$3,028	$699	$17

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