The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of welding, soldering, and brazing 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $35,090 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,280 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $75,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing 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 $75,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,090.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,280 | -8.89% | 3.55% |
| 2021 | $53,660 | -2.20% | - |
| 2019 | $54,840 | 32.08% | - |
| 2018 | $37,250 | -20.54% | - |
| 2017 | $44,900 | -8.11% | - |
| 2016 | $48,540 | -4.86% | - |
| 2015 | $50,900 | -5.15% | - |
| 2014 | $53,520 | 6.63% | - |
| 2013 | $49,970 | 4.88% | - |
| 2012 | $47,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $49,280, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the highest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of New York, followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary $45,600). In comparison, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 7.5 percent (7.5%) higher than that in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Elmira | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Rochester | |
| Syracuse | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Binghamton | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |