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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN earns $44,900 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,085 a month.

10th percentile
$35,860
25th percentile
$37,890
Median percentile
$44,900
75th percentile
$50,710
90th percentile
$63,080

Based on 530 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

$37,022 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,900
Federal income tax−$3,208
Social Security + Medicare−$3,435
Ohio income tax (approx.)−$1,235
Monthly take-home$3,085
Every two weeks$1,424

Does it go far here?

$47,080Median pay in Cincinnati, OH is worth this at average US prices (local price level 95.4 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,105 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Cincinnati, OH

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950
Physicians, All Other$315,630
Nurse Anesthetists$221,170
Chief Executives$207,170
Architectural and Engineering Managers$177,160
Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,530
Natural Sciences Managers$164,300
Financial Managers$152,700

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