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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC earns $51,000 a year, 10% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,416 a month.

10th percentile
$39,600
25th percentile
$46,370
Median percentile
$51,000
75th percentile
$58,950
90th percentile
$60,050

Based on 700 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

$40,991 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,000
Federal income tax−$3,940
Social Security + Medicare−$3,902
North Carolina income tax (approx.)−$2,168
Monthly take-home$3,416
Every two weeks$1,577

Does it go far here?

$52,389Median pay in Charlotte, NC is worth this at average US prices (local price level 97.3 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,473 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Charlotte, NC

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$329,030
Physicians, All Other$327,040
Nurse Anesthetists$277,550
Dentists, General$189,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers$176,840
Financial Managers$172,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,960
Marketing Managers$166,200

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