Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$23,530
25th Percentile Wage
$24,270
50th Percentile Wage
$26,460
75th Percentile Wage
$34,480
90th Percentile Wage
$40,730

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 $40,730. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,530.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2019. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$26,460
6.24% -3.82%
2018
$24,810
-12.45% -
2017
$27,900
1.54% -
2012
$27,470
- -

Table 2. Compare Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,460 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 32.9 percent (32.9%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 24.6 percent (24.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$39,440
Rochester
$35,610
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,990
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$27,110
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$26,460
Nassau-Suffolk
$24,830
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$19,940

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