Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York

The annual salary statistics of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$18,850
25th Percentile Wage
$20,940
50th Percentile Wage
$23,570
75th Percentile Wage
$34,280
90th Percentile Wage
$47,750

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,570. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $18,850.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2019.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$23,570
-49.51% -42.60%
2013
$35,240
4.63% -
2012
$33,610
- -

Table 2. Compare Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $23,570, Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown is the lowest paying city for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of New York, following city of Elmira (median annual salary of $44,880). In comparison, the median annual salary of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown is 47.5 percent (47.5%) lower than that in the highest paying city Elmira.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Elmira
$44,880
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$41,670
Utica-Rome
$41,520
Glens Falls
$41,330
Nassau-Suffolk
$38,300
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$36,790
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$35,320
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$35,230
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$35,120
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$35,120
Rochester
$34,210
Syracuse
$33,660
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$30,710
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$29,350
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,170
Binghamton
$27,240
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$23,570