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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA earns $46,490 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,093 a month.

10th percentile
$36,800
25th percentile
$40,750
Median percentile
$46,490
75th percentile
$51,320
90th percentile
$59,210

Based on 330 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

$37,122 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,490
Federal income tax−$3,399
Social Security + Medicare−$3,556
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,413
Monthly take-home$3,093
Every two weeks$1,428

Does it go far here?

$46,463Median pay in Atlanta, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.1 vs 100).
54%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,672 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Atlanta, GA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Chief Executives$275,820
Physicians, All Other$275,080
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Cardiologists$239,200
Anesthesiologists$226,830
Dentists, General$222,690
Air Traffic Controllers$186,640

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