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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH earns $43,960 a year, 6% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,024 a month.

10th percentile
$34,910
25th percentile
$37,160
Median percentile
$43,960
75th percentile
$50,760
90th percentile
$60,660

Based on 520 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

$36,293 take-home a year
Gross pay$43,960
Federal income tax−$3,095
Social Security + Medicare−$3,363
Ohio income tax (approx.)−$1,209
Monthly take-home$3,024
Every two weeks$1,396

Does it go far here?

$47,425Median pay in Dayton, OH is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.7 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,039 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dayton, OH

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$315,380
Architectural and Engineering Managers$163,700
Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,040
Engineers, All Other$142,080
Physician Assistants$138,400
Managers, All Other$137,780
Financial Managers$137,140
Pharmacists$136,110

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