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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Anniston, AL

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Anniston-Oxford, AL earns $39,080 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,652 a month.

10th percentile
$26,940
25th percentile
$29,190
Median percentile
$39,080
75th percentile
$51,690
90th percentile
$51,690

Based on 110 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

$31,822 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,080
Federal income tax−$2,510
Social Security + Medicare−$2,990
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$1,759
Monthly take-home$2,652
Every two weeks$1,224

Does it go far here?

$45,469Median pay in Anniston, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 85.9 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($826 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Anniston, AL

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$98,540
Registered Nurses$72,730
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,480
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$61,200
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$50,550
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,070
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$44,350
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,800

All grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama