Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,315
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$11,775
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,034
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$58,090
Kept after tax
$46,315
Worth in national money
$43,034
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $58,090, putting the state 9 of 47 — about 19.67% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 318 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $58,090 the take-home is $46,315. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $43,034 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $59,290, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,090, ranking 9 of 47 and running about 19.67% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 318 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $46,315 for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $58,090. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,034. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $59,290 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,310 |
| This salary | $58,090 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $46,315 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,855 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,242 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $54,929 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,758 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in New York earn under $58,090 and half over. The published range runs $42,610 at the tenth percentile to $74,310 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $46,315, from $58,090, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 318 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,034, the adjusted value of that $58,090 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 318 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,610 to $74,310; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,315 from $58,090. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 318 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $43,034 — the adjusted value of that $58,090 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 318 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,610 at the bottom tenth to $74,310 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $43,034 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $46,315.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,610 to $74,310) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $43,034 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $46,315 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.