SOC 51-9194 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Etchers and Engravers make in Rochester, NY?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Etchers and Engravers in Rochester, NY is $47,380. The 10th percentile is $36,420 and the 90th percentile is $59,590. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$47,380

10th percentile
$36,420
25th percentile
$44,360
Median
$47,380
75th percentile
$51,690
90th percentile
$59,590
Mean
$48,480

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Etchers and Engravers, the published 10th percentile is $36,420 and the 90th percentile is $59,590. The difference is $23,170, which is 48.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $44,360 to the 75th at $51,690, covers $7,330.

The mean annual wage is $48,480, which sits above the median of $47,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rochester, NY median is 9.4% higher than the national median of $43,310 for Etchers and Engravers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,828, which is 12.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.1% lower than the New York median of $51,540.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rochester, NY is 97.035, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Etchers and Engravers at $48,828 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Etchers and Engravers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Etchers and Engravers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Rochester, NY (40 of 494,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (7,750 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.62 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Rochester, NY · Etchers and Engravers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Etchers and Engravers make in Rochester, NY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Etchers and Engravers in Rochester, NY is $47,380. The 10th percentile is $36,420 and the 90th percentile is $59,590. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Etchers and Engravers?

The local median is 9.4% higher than the national median of $43,310.

What is Etchers and Engravers pay in Rochester, NY after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rochester, NY is 97.035, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,380 is $48,828. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.