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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Evansville, IN earns $45,230 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,097 a month.

10th percentile
$40,300
25th percentile
$40,610
Median percentile
$45,230
75th percentile
$47,560
90th percentile
$48,290

Based on 60 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

$37,165 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,230
Federal income tax−$3,248
Social Security + Medicare−$3,460
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,357
Monthly take-home$3,097
Every two weeks$1,429

Does it go far here?

$49,417Median pay in Evansville, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.5 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($986 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Evansville, IN

JobMedian pay
Financial Managers$128,650
General and Operations Managers$102,580
Medical and Health Services Managers$102,580
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,630
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$84,500
Registered Nurses$83,820
Electricians$79,240
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,370

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