The median annual wage for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $47,250 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $49,620.
Pay spans roughly $37,050 at the 10th percentile to $63,190 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $22.71 per hour. An estimated 2,440 people work as paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
| Median (annual) | $47,250 |
| Mean (annual) | $49,620 |
| Median (hourly) | $22.71 |
| 10th percentile | $37,050 |
| 90th percentile | $63,190 |
| Employment | 2,440 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.