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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Janesville-Beloit, WI earns $50,650 a year, 9% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,349 a month.

10th percentile
$41,140
25th percentile
$45,630
Median percentile
$50,650
75th percentile
$51,380
90th percentile
$56,110

Based on 50 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

$40,193 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,650
Federal income tax−$3,898
Social Security + Medicare−$3,875
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,684
Monthly take-home$3,349
Every two weeks$1,546

Does it go far here?

$54,054Median pay in Janesville, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.7 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,037 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Janesville, WI

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$121,540
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$97,310
Registered Nurses$93,030
Electricians$82,170
Accountants and Auditors$77,100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,440
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$72,130
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$71,620

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