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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI earns $46,360 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,122 a month.

10th percentile
$36,510
25th percentile
$39,340
Median percentile
$46,360
75th percentile
$57,240
90th percentile
$61,420

Based on 1,210 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

$37,460 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,360
Federal income tax−$3,383
Social Security + Medicare−$3,547
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$1,970
Monthly take-home$3,122
Every two weeks$1,441

Does it go far here?

$46,222Median pay in Detroit, MI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.3 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,207 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Detroit, MI

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$447,750
Chief Executives$304,110
Nurse Anesthetists$243,130
Pediatricians, General$218,000
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$209,550
Family Medicine Physicians$181,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers$170,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$168,550

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