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Average Lathe And Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in New York

Lathe And Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in New York earn a median annual salary of $49,650, which is +2.1% compared to the national median. There are 790 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for New York (state).

$49,650
New York median annual wage
$24/hour median
+2.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $48,620
790
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.67
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$39,780
25th
$42,910
Median
$49,650
75th
$61,530
90th
$68,170

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in New York, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
107.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$46,006
Goods: 107.3%
Services: 134.4%
Rents: 122.2%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Maine$62,120Compare100
Colorado$59,850Compare100
Massachusetts$59,430Compare420
Pennsylvania$58,910Compare760
Washington$57,840Compare40
Minnesota$57,820Compare150

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in New York

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Physicians, All Other$237,7100.68
Psychiatrists$228,5802.51
Chief Executives$219,3200.60
Radiologists$216,4201.20
Financial Managers$215,7401.33
Anesthesiologists$215,7400.71
Physicians, Pathologists$215,7401.29
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric$215,6301.65

New York has salary data for 794 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Lathe And Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in New York

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Lathe And Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic are projected to change by -13.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.