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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Georgia earns $45,850 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,053 a month.

10th percentile
$36,950
25th percentile
$38,380
Median percentile
$45,850
75th percentile
$52,990
90th percentile
$60,530

Based on 940 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

$36,641 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,850
Federal income tax−$3,322
Social Security + Medicare−$3,508
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,380
Monthly take-home$3,053
Every two weeks$1,409

Does it go far here?

$47,615Median pay in Georgia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
46%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,393 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Georgia

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Cardiologists$610,070
General Internal Medicine Physicians$425,460
Physicians, All Other$266,880
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Anesthesiologists$230,000
Nurse Anesthetists$224,630
Chief Executives$208,180

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