Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,050
25th Percentile Wage
$30,870
50th Percentile Wage
$35,980
75th Percentile Wage
$37,130
90th Percentile Wage
$44,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $44,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,050.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$35,980
-9.84% -10.78%
2020
$39,520
-17.56% -
2019
$46,460
4.99% -
2018
$44,140
3.42% -
2017
$42,630
11.61% -
2016
$37,680
-2.02% -
2015
$38,440
-2.89% -
2013
$39,550
-0.78% -
2012
$39,860
- -

Table 2. Compare Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,980 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 16.9 percent (16.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Utica-Rome and 21.3 percent (21.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Nassau-Suffolk.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Utica-Rome
$43,300
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$41,620
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$41,460
Syracuse
$40,560
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$38,760
Elmira
$36,020
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$35,980
Rochester
$30,790
Nassau-Suffolk
$28,330

See also: Top paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York.