Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of milling and planing machine 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 Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$35,710
25th Percentile Wage
$43,890
50th Percentile Wage
$50,770
75th Percentile Wage
$66,230
90th Percentile Wage
$66,240

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for milling and planing machine 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 $66,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,770. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,710.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$50,770
5.77% 2.32%
2021
$47,840
-4.70% -
2020
$50,090
14.61% -
2019
$42,770
6.01% -
2018
$40,200
-14.00% -
2017
$45,830
0.37% -
2016
$45,660
11.61% -
2015
$40,360
11.67% -
2014
$35,650
7.41% -
2013
$33,010
-50.23% -
2012
$49,590
- -

Table 2. Compare Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $50,770, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the second highest paying city for milling and planing 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 $58,480). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 13.2 percent (13.2%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$58,480
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$50,770
Rochester
$45,430
Nassau-Suffolk
$45,030
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$40,620
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,860
Syracuse
$35,110

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