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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Utica, NY

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Utica-Rome, NY earns $57,420 a year, 23% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,739 a month.

10th percentile
$39,510
25th percentile
$46,800
Median percentile
$57,420
75th percentile
$70,420
90th percentile
$77,710

Based on 130 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$44,872 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,420
Federal income tax−$4,710
Social Security + Medicare−$4,393
New York income tax (approx.)−$3,445
Monthly take-home$3,739
Every two weeks$1,726

Does it go far here?

$61,956Median pay in Utica, NY is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.7 vs 100).
25%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($925 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Utica, NY

JobMedian pay
Software Developers$113,390
General and Operations Managers$98,350
Registered Nurses$94,300
Accountants and Auditors$79,830
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$79,120
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$78,950
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$77,010
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,330

All grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in New York