Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary

Median Salary
$46,550
per year
Hourly Rate
$22.38
per hour
Employment
67,000
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$36,110
25th percentile
$39,390
Median
$46,550
75th percentile
$54,290
90th percentile
$62,600

💰 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Oregon$57,290+23.1%
Minnesota$51,780+11.2%
Massachusetts$50,910+9.4%
Vermont$50,640+8.8%
West Virginia$49,950+7.3%
Washington$49,300+5.9%
New York$49,290+5.9%
Kentucky$49,160+5.6%
Connecticut$48,590+4.4%
Nebraska$48,500+4.2%
South Carolina$48,040+3.2%
North Carolina$47,770+2.6%
North Dakota$47,670+2.4%
Pennsylvania$47,650+2.4%
Wisconsin$47,330+1.7%
Indiana$47,310+1.6%
Maine$47,230+1.5%
Wyoming$46,800+0.5%
New Hampshire$46,580+0.1%
Iowa$46,380-0.4%
Missouri$46,270-0.6%
Illinois$46,180-0.8%
Nevada$46,140-0.9%
Colorado$46,120-0.9%
Idaho$45,980-1.2%
California$45,890-1.4%
Georgia$45,850-1.5%
Michigan$45,460-2.3%
Ohio$45,270-2.7%
Arizona$44,990-3.4%
Tennessee$44,710-4.0%
New Jersey$44,450-4.5%
Delaware$44,390-4.6%
Utah$44,320-4.8%
Rhode Island$43,650-6.2%
Maryland$43,530-6.5%
Virginia$43,170-7.3%
Kansas$42,710-8.2%
Mississippi$42,660-8.4%
Texas$42,250-9.2%
Montana$41,740-10.3%
Florida$40,310-13.4%
Arkansas$39,590-15.0%
South Dakota$39,060-16.1%
Louisiana$38,650-17.0%
Oklahoma$38,570-17.1%
Alabama$38,170-18.0%
New Mexico$38,020-18.3%

🏙️ Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Canton-Massillon, OH$67,210+44.4%
Bend, OR$60,180+29.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$59,750+28.4%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$58,680+26.1%
Utica-Rome, NY$57,420+23.4%
St. Cloud, MN$57,110+22.7%
Sandusky, OH$56,670+21.7%
Rochester, MN$55,990+20.3%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$55,590+19.4%
Spartanburg, SC$55,080+18.3%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$53,930+15.9%
Longview-Kelso, WA$53,620+15.2%
Reading, PA$53,090+14.0%
Tyler, TX$52,880+13.6%
Springfield, MA$52,660+13.1%
Sheboygan, WI$52,310+12.4%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$51,990+11.7%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$51,930+11.6%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$51,070+9.7%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$51,000+9.6%
Saginaw, MI$50,880+9.3%
Albany, OR$50,840+9.2%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$50,760+9.0%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$50,650+8.8%
Asheville, NC$50,400+8.3%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$50,300+8.1%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$50,280+8.0%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$50,130+7.7%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$49,680+6.7%
Portland-South Portland, ME$49,640+6.6%
Appleton, WI$49,500+6.3%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$49,430+6.2%
Peoria, IL$49,300+5.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$49,230+5.8%
Eau Claire, WI$49,010+5.3%
Richmond, VA$48,960+5.2%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$48,690+4.6%
Pueblo, CO$48,640+4.5%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$48,630+4.5%
Dubuque, IA$48,620+4.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$48,620+4.4%
New Haven, CT$48,570+4.3%
Pittsburgh, PA$48,530+4.3%
Lincoln, NE$48,500+4.2%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$48,390+4.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,370+3.9%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$48,320+3.8%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$47,890+2.9%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$47,860+2.8%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$47,750+2.6%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$47,680+2.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,650+2.4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$47,650+2.4%
Vallejo, CA$47,630+2.3%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$47,530+2.1%
Waco, TX$47,480+2.0%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$47,440+1.9%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,440+1.9%
Syracuse, NY$47,420+1.9%
Florence, SC$47,380+1.8%
Lancaster, PA$47,350+1.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$47,320+1.7%
Madison, WI$47,220+1.4%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$47,170+1.3%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,170+1.3%
Green Bay, WI$46,790+0.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$46,760+0.5%
Reno, NV$46,760+0.5%
Kenosha, WI$46,740+0.4%
Jackson, MI$46,730+0.4%
Binghamton, NY$46,720+0.4%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$46,700+0.3%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$46,680+0.3%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,670+0.3%
Omaha, NE-IA$46,590+0.1%
Fort Wayne, IN$46,530-0.0%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$46,490-0.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$46,420-0.3%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$46,400-0.3%
Roanoke, VA$46,390-0.3%
Terre Haute, IN$46,370-0.4%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$46,360-0.4%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$46,290-0.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL$46,230-0.7%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$46,230-0.7%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$46,220-0.7%
Worcester, MA$46,210-0.7%
Springfield, MO$46,170-0.8%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,160-0.8%
Carson City, NV$46,140-0.9%
Yakima, WA$46,020-1.1%
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,990-1.2%
Fond du Lac, WI$45,850-1.5%
Columbia, SC$45,780-1.7%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$45,620-2.0%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$45,560-2.1%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$45,500-2.3%
Cleveland, OH$45,440-2.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,440-2.4%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$45,430-2.4%
Erie, PA$45,390-2.5%
Toledo, OH$45,350-2.6%
Akron, OH$45,330-2.6%
Mansfield, OH$45,250-2.8%
Evansville, IN$45,230-2.8%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$45,190-2.9%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$45,140-3.0%
Lewiston, ID-WA$45,130-3.1%
Rochester, NY$45,110-3.1%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$45,100-3.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,050-3.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$45,030-3.3%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$45,030-3.3%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$44,960-3.4%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$44,960-3.4%
Tucson, AZ$44,930-3.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$44,900-3.5%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$44,890-3.6%
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,860-3.6%
Modesto, CA$44,780-3.8%
Columbus, OH$44,650-4.1%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$44,580-4.2%
Rockford, IL$44,580-4.2%
York-Hanover, PA$44,450-4.5%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$44,340-4.7%
Springfield, OH$44,270-4.9%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$44,160-5.1%
Kankakee, IL$44,130-5.2%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$44,100-5.3%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$43,960-5.6%
Monroe, MI$43,680-6.2%
Morristown, TN$43,680-6.2%
Elmira, NY$43,620-6.3%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$43,280-7.0%
Columbus, IN$43,240-7.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$43,130-7.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$42,700-8.3%
Colorado Springs, CO$42,420-8.9%
Wichita, KS$42,370-9.0%
Greeley, CO$42,330-9.1%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$42,250-9.2%
Killeen-Temple, TX$41,490-10.9%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$41,150-11.6%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$41,050-11.8%
Battle Creek, MI$40,610-12.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$40,600-12.8%
Wausau, WI$40,580-12.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$40,500-13.0%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$40,310-13.4%
Fresno, CA$40,040-14.0%
Niles, MI$40,000-14.1%
Clarksville, TN-KY$39,770-14.6%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$39,720-14.7%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$39,440-15.3%
Traverse City, MI$39,420-15.3%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$39,300-15.6%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$39,240-15.7%
Knoxville, TN$39,170-15.9%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$39,080-16.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$39,080-16.0%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$39,050-16.1%
Mobile, AL$38,900-16.4%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$38,890-16.5%
Montgomery, AL$38,790-16.7%
Wilmington, NC$38,720-16.8%
Jacksonville, FL$38,670-16.9%
Tulsa, OK$38,570-17.1%
El Paso, TX$38,540-17.2%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$38,500-17.3%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$38,220-17.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$37,960-18.5%
Flint, MI$37,910-18.6%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$37,750-18.9%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$37,590-19.2%
Lynchburg, VA$37,110-20.3%
Winston-Salem, NC$37,040-20.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36,830-20.9%
Ogden, UT$36,710-21.1%
Huntsville, AL$36,520-21.5%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$36,520-21.5%
Birmingham, AL$36,180-22.3%
Oklahoma City, OK$36,040-22.6%
Baton Rouge, LA$35,790-23.1%
Puerto Rico$31,400-32.5%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$28,700-38.3%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.