Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York

The annual salary statistics of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,260
25th Percentile Wage
$27,030
50th Percentile Wage
$32,010
75th Percentile Wage
$42,550
90th Percentile Wage
$51,440

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 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 $51,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,260.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$32,010
-10.25% -2.94%
2013
$35,290
6.63% -
2012
$32,950
- -

Table 2. Compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,010 in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown is in the middle of salary range for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown is 31.7 percent (31.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 7.6 percent (7.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$46,870
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$45,060
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$41,510
Rochester
$41,380
Glens Falls
$40,810
Binghamton
$39,160
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$38,260
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,960
Syracuse
$37,800
Kingston
$37,530
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,150
Elmira
$36,930
Utica-Rome
$35,930
Nassau-Suffolk
$34,550
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$32,010
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$30,980
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,570