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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Delaware earns $44,390 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,950 a month.

10th percentile
$35,700
25th percentile
$38,360
Median percentile
$44,390
75th percentile
$44,390
90th percentile
$54,200

Based on 50 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

$35,406 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,390
Federal income tax−$3,147
Social Security + Medicare−$3,396
Delaware income tax (approx.)−$2,441
Monthly take-home$2,950
Every two weeks$1,362

Does it go far here?

$44,475Median pay in Delaware is worth this at average US prices (local price level 99.8 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,401 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Delaware

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$297,470
Family Medicine Physicians$228,000
Financial Managers$181,580
Architectural and Engineering Managers$181,190
Lawyers$173,510
Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,500
Managers, All Other$168,060
Human Resources Managers$153,890

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