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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indiana earns $47,310 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,231 a month.

10th percentile
$38,790
25th percentile
$42,730
Median percentile
$47,310
75th percentile
$51,030
90th percentile
$61,360

Based on 4,170 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

$38,774 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,310
Federal income tax−$3,497
Social Security + Medicare−$3,619
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,419
Monthly take-home$3,231
Every two weeks$1,491

Does it go far here?

$50,692Median pay in Indiana is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.3 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,062 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indiana

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$430,640
Anesthesiologists$394,060
Physicians, All Other$366,190
Emergency Medicine Physicians$347,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$314,390
Family Medicine Physicians$261,940
Chief Executives$254,180
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$183,000

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