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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR earns $39,240 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,682 a month.

10th percentile
$34,730
25th percentile
$35,450
Median percentile
$39,240
75th percentile
$46,450
90th percentile
$46,610

Based on 40 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

$32,179 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,240
Federal income tax−$2,529
Social Security + Medicare−$3,002
Arkansas income tax (approx.)−$1,530
Monthly take-home$2,682
Every two weeks$1,238

Does it go far here?

$42,954Median pay in Fayetteville, AR is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.4 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,157 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Fayetteville, AR

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$254,690
Marketing Managers$175,260
Financial Managers$147,410
Sales Managers$147,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers$141,940
Industrial Production Managers$136,410
Chief Executives$134,640
Nurse Practitioners$127,380

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