The median annual wage for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Utica-Rome, NY is $39,750 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $44,240.
Pay spans roughly $31,200 at the 10th percentile to $64,110 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $19.11 per hour. An estimated 110 people work as cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Utica-Rome, NY.
| Median (annual) | $39,750 |
| Mean (annual) | $44,240 |
| Median (hourly) | $19.11 |
| 10th percentile | $31,200 |
| 90th percentile | $64,110 |
| Employment | 110 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.