Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Pla in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$26,490
25th Percentile Wage
$31,860
50th Percentile Wage
$39,840
75th Percentile Wage
$49,740
90th Percentile Wage
$58,200

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $58,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,840. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,490.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$39,840
5.95% 8.31%
2016
$37,470
3.23% -
2015
$36,260
-4.44% -
2014
$37,870
2.14% -
2013
$37,060
1.43% -
2012
$36,530
- -

Table 2. Compare Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,840 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Nassau-Suffolk is 20.6 percent (20.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 19.3 percent (19.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Ithaca
$50,200
Syracuse
$45,010
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$40,830
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$40,430
Nassau-Suffolk
$39,840
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$38,870
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$38,210
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,630
Utica-Rome
$37,310
Rochester
$37,140
Binghamton
$37,010
Elmira
$36,920
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$36,820
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$36,570
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$32,360
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$32,150