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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Boston, MA

The median crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $51,750 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,431 a month.

10th percentile
$45,410
25th percentile
$46,380
Median percentile
$51,750
75th percentile
$60,460
90th percentile
$65,290

Based on 240 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$41,174 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,750
Federal income tax−$4,030
Social Security + Medicare−$3,959
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,588
Monthly take-home$3,431
Every two weeks$1,584

Does it go far here?

$47,799Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
59%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts