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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT earns $50,130 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,329 a month.

10th percentile
$36,410
25th percentile
$42,170
Median percentile
$50,130
75th percentile
$60,090
90th percentile
$65,200

Based on 700 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

$39,953 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,130
Federal income tax−$3,836
Social Security + Medicare−$3,835
Connecticut income tax (approx.)−$2,507
Monthly take-home$3,329
Every two weeks$1,537

Does it go far here?

$48,790Median pay in Hartford, CT is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.7 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,416 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Hartford, CT

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$222,820
General Internal Medicine Physicians$179,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers$174,440
Computer and Information Systems Managers$171,350
Financial Managers$170,310
Actuaries$166,800
Managers, All Other$163,730
Marketing Managers$163,210

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