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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX earns $42,700 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,041 a month.

10th percentile
$34,360
25th percentile
$37,340
Median percentile
$42,700
75th percentile
$47,320
90th percentile
$53,080

Based on 640 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

$36,489 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,700
Federal income tax−$2,944
Social Security + Medicare−$3,267
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,041
Every two weeks$1,403

Does it go far here?

$41,420Median pay in Dallas, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
53%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,614 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dallas, TX

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$403,340
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,260
Chief Executives$320,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$276,520
Family Medicine Physicians$259,310
Physicians, All Other$222,410
Nurse Anesthetists$218,650
Anesthesiologists$218,060

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