Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary
The median pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States is $46,550 a year. About 67,000 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $36,110
- 25th percentile
- $39,390
- Median percentile
- $46,550
- 75th percentile
- $54,290
- 90th percentile
- $62,600
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Oregon $57,290
- Minnesota $51,780
- Massachusetts $50,910
- Vermont $50,640
- West Virginia $49,950
- Washington $49,300
- New York $49,290
- Kentucky $49,160
- Connecticut $48,590
- Nebraska $48,500
- South Carolina $48,040
- North Carolina $47,770
- Pennsylvania $47,650
- Wisconsin $47,330
- Indiana $47,310
- Maine $47,230
- Wyoming $46,800
- New Hampshire $46,580
- Iowa $46,380
- Missouri $46,270
- Illinois $46,180
- Nevada $46,140
- Colorado $46,120
- Idaho $45,980
- California $45,890
- Georgia $45,850
- Michigan $45,460
- Ohio $45,270
- Arizona $44,990
- Tennessee $44,710
- New Jersey $44,450
- Delaware $44,390
- Utah $44,320
- Rhode Island $43,650
- Maryland $43,530
- Virginia $43,170
- Kansas $42,710
- Mississippi $42,660
- Texas $42,250
- Montana $41,740
- Florida $40,310
- Arkansas $39,590
- South Dakota $39,060
- Louisiana $38,650
- Oklahoma $38,570
- Alabama $38,170
- New Mexico $38,020
By metro area
- Canton, OH $67,210
- Bend, OR $60,180
- Muskegon, MI $59,750
- Portland, OR $58,680
- Utica, NY $57,420
- St. Cloud, MN $57,110
- Sandusky, OH $56,670
- Rochester, MN $55,990
- Huntington, WV $55,590
- Spartanburg, SC $55,080
- Seattle, WA $53,930
- Longview, WA $53,620
- Reading, PA $53,090
- Tyler, TX $52,880
- Springfield, MA $52,660
- Sheboygan, WI $52,310
- Minneapolis, MN $51,990
- Charleston, SC $51,930
- Boston, MA $51,070
- Charlotte, NC $51,000
- Saginaw, MI $50,880
- Albany, OR $50,840
- Kiryas Joel, NY $50,760
- Janesville, WI $50,650
- Asheville, NC $50,400
- Mount Vernon, WA $50,300
- Burlington, VT $50,280
- Hartford, CT $50,130
- Bridgeport, CT $49,680
- Portland, ME $49,640
- Appleton, WI $49,500
- Waterloo, IA $49,430
- Peoria, IL $49,300
- San Jose, CA $49,230
- Eau Claire, WI $49,010
- Richmond, VA $48,960
- New York, NY $48,690
- Pueblo, CO $48,640
- Greensboro, NC $48,630
- Dubuque, IA $48,620
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $48,620
- New Haven, CT $48,570
- Pittsburgh, PA $48,530
- Lincoln, NE $48,500
- Oshkosh, WI $48,390
- Allentown, PA $48,370
- San Francisco, CA $48,320
- Provo, UT $47,890
- Providence, RI $47,860
- Milwaukee, WI $47,750
- Indianapolis, IN $47,680
- Denver, CO $47,650
- Philadelphia, PA $47,650
- Vallejo, CA $47,630
- Orlando, FL $47,530
- Waco, TX $47,480
- Elkhart, IN $47,440
- Greenville, SC $47,440
- Syracuse, NY $47,420
- Florence, SC $47,380
- Lancaster, PA $47,350
- Memphis, TN $47,320
- Madison, WI $47,220
- Davenport, IA $47,170
- Deltona, FL $47,170
- Green Bay, WI $46,790
- Baltimore, MD $46,760
- Reno, NV $46,760
- Kenosha, WI $46,740
- Jackson, MI $46,730
- Binghamton, NY $46,720
- Albany, NY $46,700
- Spokane, WA $46,680
- Nashville, TN $46,670
- Omaha, NE $46,590
- Fort Wayne, IN $46,530
- Atlanta, GA $46,490
- Chicago, IL $46,420
- Norwich, CT $46,400
- Roanoke, VA $46,390
- Terre Haute, IN $46,370
- Detroit, MI $46,360
- Buffalo, NY $46,290
- St. Louis, MO $46,230
- Staunton, VA $46,230
- Prescott Valley, AZ $46,220
- Worcester, MA $46,210
- Springfield, MO $46,170
- San Diego, CA $46,160
- Carson City, NV $46,140
- Yakima, WA $46,020
- Cedar Rapids, IA $45,990
- Fond du Lac, WI $45,850
- Columbia, SC $45,780
- Salt Lake City, UT $45,620
- Racine, WI $45,560
- Bakersfield, CA $45,500
- Cleveland, OH $45,440
- Los Angeles, CA $45,440
- Augusta, GA $45,430
- Erie, PA $45,390
- Toledo, OH $45,350
- Akron, OH $45,330
- Mansfield, OH $45,250
- Evansville, IN $45,230
- North Port, FL $45,190
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $45,140
- Lewiston, ID $45,130
- Rochester, NY $45,110
- Harrisburg, PA $45,100
- Sacramento, CA $45,050
- Manchester, NH $45,030
- Youngstown, OH $45,030
- Las Vegas, NV $44,960
- Phoenix, AZ $44,960
- Tucson, AZ $44,930
- Cincinnati, OH $44,900
- Des Moines, IA $44,890
- Kansas City, MO $44,860
- Modesto, CA $44,780