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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA earns $45,100 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,086 a month.

10th percentile
$33,210
25th percentile
$38,050
Median percentile
$45,100
75th percentile
$47,260
90th percentile
$57,760

Based on 70 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

$37,033 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,100
Federal income tax−$3,232
Social Security + Medicare−$3,450
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,385
Monthly take-home$3,086
Every two weeks$1,424

Does it go far here?

$45,717Median pay in Harrisburg, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.7 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,212 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Harrisburg, PA

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$209,140
Physicians, All Other$156,000
Computer and Information Systems Managers$146,300
Pharmacists$135,480
Financial Managers$133,080
Nurse Practitioners$132,670
Lawyers$131,440
Marketing Managers$128,830

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