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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN earns $47,680 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,255 a month.

10th percentile
$40,560
25th percentile
$42,730
Median percentile
$47,680
75th percentile
$51,320
90th percentile
$64,530

Based on 790 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

$39,060 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,680
Federal income tax−$3,542
Social Security + Medicare−$3,648
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,430
Monthly take-home$3,255
Every two weeks$1,502

Does it go far here?

$49,824Median pay in Indianapolis, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 95.7 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,191 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indianapolis, IN

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$374,730
Physicians, All Other$364,040
General Internal Medicine Physicians$289,470
Family Medicine Physicians$287,130
Chief Executives$256,320
Pediatricians, General$170,020
Dentists, General$166,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,640

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