Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary — Syracuse, New York

The average Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Syracuse, New York earns $57,220 a year.

$57,220 / year, mean
↑ 17.7% above national average 89th percentile in New York

Syracuse pays well above most of New York for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within New York

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
320
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 96 #94 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2005 #101 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $264,903 #127 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $73,558 #79 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Syracuse ranks #94 for cost of living and #127 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Portland $59,420 Utica $57,880 Bend $57,600 Syracuse $57,220 Albany $56,770 Seattle $56,300 Longview $55,800 Kiryas Joel $55,290 Vallejo $53,880 Huntington $53,540 San Francisco $52,310 Mount Vernon $52,060 Staunton $52,030 Muskegon $51,830 Saginaw $51,810 Bakersfield $50,760 Reading $50,530 New York $50,460 San Jose $50,160 Spokane $50,090 Chicago $49,720 Pittsburgh $49,690 Peoria $49,640 San Diego $49,410 Indianapolis $49,250 Buffalo $48,980 Albany $48,650 Philadelphia $48,650 Elkhart $48,400 Louisville $48,330 Los Angeles $48,320 Yakima $48,240 Detroit $48,090 Roanoke $48,060 Richmond $47,960 Fort Wayne $47,910 Oxnard $47,440 Stockton $47,320 Erie $47,150 Orlando $47,140 Deltona $47,060 Jackson $46,900 Sacramento $46,820 Traverse City $46,300 Lancaster $46,290 Elmira $46,140 Rockford $46,130 Rochester $46,070 Allentown $45,990 Tyler $45,940 Modesto $45,800 Lansing $45,680 Battle Creek $45,510 Ann Arbor $45,410 Binghamton $45,400 Riverside $45,340 Evansville $45,330 South Bend $45,180 Harrisburg $45,110 York $44,960 Terre Haute $44,780 Baltimore $44,760 Waco $44,470 Michigan City $44,390 Monroe $44,370 Columbus $43,820 Kankakee $43,740 Austin $43,690 Grand Rapids $43,680 Sarasota $43,330 Dallas $43,190 Fresno $43,110 Tampa $42,870 Niles $42,690 Jacksonville $42,440 Kalamazoo $42,170 Houston $42,090 San Antonio $42,040 Miami $42,030 Virginia Beach $41,800 Beaumont $41,770 Scranton $41,490 Palm Bay $41,020 Flint $40,740 Hagerstown $40,600 Lynchburg $39,740 Killeen $39,260 El Paso $38,930 Lakeland $38,690
CityMean salaryvs. Syracuse
Albany, Oregon$56,770-0.8%
Albany, New York$48,650-15.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$45,990-19.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$45,410-20.6%
Austin, Texas$43,690-23.6%
Bakersfield, California$50,760-11.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$44,760-21.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$45,510-20.5%
Beaumont, Texas$41,770-27.0%
Bend, Oregon$57,600+0.7%
Binghamton, New York$45,400-20.7%
Buffalo, New York$48,980-14.4%
Chicago, Illinois$49,720-13.1%
Columbus, Indiana$43,820-23.4%
Dallas, Texas$43,190-24.5%
Deltona, Florida$47,060-17.8%
Detroit, Michigan$48,090-16.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$48,400-15.4%
Elmira, New York$46,140-19.4%
El Paso, Texas$38,930-32.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$47,150-17.6%
Evansville, Indiana$45,330-20.8%
Flint, Michigan$40,740-28.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,910-16.3%
Fresno, California$43,110-24.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,680-23.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$40,600-29.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$45,110-21.2%
Houston, Texas$42,090-26.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$53,540-6.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$49,250-13.9%
Jackson, Michigan$46,900-18.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$42,440-25.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$42,170-26.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$43,740-23.6%
Killeen, Texas$39,260-31.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$55,290-3.4%
Lakeland, Florida$38,690-32.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$46,290-19.1%
Lansing, Michigan$45,680-20.2%
Longview, Washington$55,800-2.5%
Los Angeles, California$48,320-15.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$48,330-15.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$39,740-30.5%
Miami, Florida$42,030-26.5%
Michigan City, Indiana$44,390-22.4%
Modesto, California$45,800-20.0%
Monroe, Michigan$44,370-22.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$52,060-9.0%
Muskegon, Michigan$51,830-9.4%
New York, New York$50,460-11.8%
Niles, Michigan$42,690-25.4%
Sarasota, Florida$43,330-24.3%
Orlando, Florida$47,140-17.6%
Oxnard, California$47,440-17.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$41,020-28.3%
Peoria, Illinois$49,640-13.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$48,650-15.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$49,690-13.2%
Portland, Oregon$59,420+3.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$50,530-11.7%
Richmond, Virginia$47,960-16.2%
Riverside, California$45,340-20.8%
Roanoke, Virginia$48,060-16.0%
Rochester, New York$46,070-19.5%
Rockford, Illinois$46,130-19.4%
Sacramento, California$46,820-18.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$51,810-9.5%
San Antonio, Texas$42,040-26.5%
San Diego, California$49,410-13.6%
San Francisco, California$52,310-8.6%
San Jose, California$50,160-12.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$41,490-27.5%
Seattle, Washington$56,300-1.6%
South Bend, Indiana$45,180-21.0%
Spokane, Washington$50,090-12.5%
Staunton, Virginia$52,030-9.1%
Stockton, California$47,320-17.3%
Tampa, Florida$42,870-25.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$44,780-21.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$46,300-19.1%
Tyler, Texas$45,940-19.7%
Utica, New York$57,880+1.2%
Vallejo, California$53,880-5.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$41,800-26.9%
Waco, Texas$44,470-22.3%
Yakima, Washington$48,240-15.7%
York, Pennsylvania$44,960-21.4%
Gross salary
57,220/yr
Estimated take-home
45,614/yr
Est. total withheld
20.3%

Single filer, federal + New York state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-4033 SOC code
Official area Syracuse, NY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 45060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ny_dtf_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
657,128