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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fort Wayne, IN earns $46,530 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,181 a month.

10th percentile
$38,460
25th percentile
$45,580
Median percentile
$46,530
75th percentile
$48,790
90th percentile
$59,630

Based on 200 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

$38,171 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,530
Federal income tax−$3,404
Social Security + Medicare−$3,560
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,396
Monthly take-home$3,181
Every two weeks$1,468

Does it go far here?

$50,264Median pay in Fort Wayne, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.6 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,003 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Fort Wayne, IN

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$388,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers$138,350
Financial Managers$130,900
Nurse Practitioners$127,050
Lawyers$126,520
Sales Managers$122,540
General and Operations Managers$107,780
Industrial Production Managers$105,680

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