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Forging Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rochester 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 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Rochester, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$38,230
25th Percentile Wage	$38,230
50th Percentile Wage	$45,130
75th Percentile Wage	$60,080
90th Percentile Wage	$60,080

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $45,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,230.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$45,130	18.01%	34.72%
2020	$37,000	-2.54%	-
2019	$37,940	7.30%	-
2018	$35,170	1.71%	-
2017	$34,570	5.79%	-
2016	$32,570	6.79%	-
2015	$30,360	5.86%	-
2014	$28,580	-7.87%	-
2013	$30,830	4.44%	-
2012	$29,460	-	-

Table 2. Compare Forging Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $45,130, Rochester is the second highest paying city for forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $59,820). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rochester is 24.6 percent (24.6%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$59,820
Rochester	$45,130
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$42,880
Nassau-Suffolk	$37,370
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$27,780
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$24,390