How much do Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood make in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY?

Percentile spread

For Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood, the published 10th percentile is $34,640 and the 90th percentile is $60,770. The difference is $26,130, which is 61.9% 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 $35,690 to the 75th at $45,660, covers $9,970.

The mean annual wage is $43,650, which sits above the median of $42,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY median is 1.2% lower than the national median of $42,770 for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,424, which is 0.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New York median of $42,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 99.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $42,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood at $42,424 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 6th of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Utica-Rome, NY is 73 miles away, with a median of $40,260 and employment of 50. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,441, against $42,424 here.
• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 84 miles away, with a median of $44,410 and employment of 40. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,586, against $42,424 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 104 miles away, with a median of $51,540 and employment of 40. That median is 22% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,163, against $42,424 here.