The median annual wage for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $52,400 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $52,550.
Pay spans roughly $37,760 at the 10th percentile to $65,350 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $25.19 per hour. An estimated 940 people work as extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
| Median (annual) | $52,400 |
| Mean (annual) | $52,550 |
| Median (hourly) | $25.19 |
| 10th percentile | $37,760 |
| 90th percentile | $65,350 |
| Employment | 940 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.