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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Arkansas earns $39,590 a year, 15% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,704 a month.

10th percentile
$33,690
25th percentile
$37,670
Median percentile
$39,590
75th percentile
$47,220
90th percentile
$50,490

Based on 340 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

$32,447 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,590
Federal income tax−$2,571
Social Security + Medicare−$3,029
Arkansas income tax (approx.)−$1,544
Monthly take-home$2,704
Every two weeks$1,248

Does it go far here?

$45,539Median pay in Arkansas is worth this at average US prices (local price level 86.9 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($947 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Arkansas

JobMedian pay
Dentists, General$178,930
Purchasing Managers$156,450
Architectural and Engineering Managers$140,600
Physicians, All Other$136,880
Marketing Managers$136,520
Pharmacists$136,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers$127,220
Nurse Practitioners$125,660

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