Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,628
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$10,542
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,607
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
$53,170
Kept after tax
$42,628
Worth in national money
$39,607
State rank
10
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $53,170, putting the state 10 of 49 — about 8.53% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 351 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $53,170, tax leaves $42,628 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,607 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $54,140, since top earners drag the number up.
- For mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $53,170, ranking 10 of 49 and running about 8.53% 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.
- Position 351 of 493 in New York places mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $42,628 remains from the New York median of $53,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,607 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $54,140 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,540 |
| This salary | $53,170 |
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 | $42,628 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,902 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,600 |
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 | $50,340 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,982 |
| 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in New York earn under $53,170 and half over. The published range runs $36,120 at the tenth percentile to $72,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,628 take-home in New York comes from $53,170. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 351 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,607 uses one figure for the whole of New York. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 351.
- Figures are distribution medians for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,120 to $72,540; 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.
- Retained pay of $42,628, from $53,170, assumes a single New York filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 351 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,607, worked from $53,170, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New York address, on work sitting at 351 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,120 at the bottom tenth to $72,540 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $39,607 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $42,628 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 ($36,120 to $72,540) 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 $39,607 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 $42,628 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.