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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Kenosha, WI earns $46,740 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,105 a month.

10th percentile: $37,910
25th percentile: $43,000
Median percentile: $46,740
75th percentile: $56,170
90th percentile: $67,780

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

$37,258 take-home a year

Gross pay	$46,740
Federal income tax	−$3,429
Social Security + Medicare	−$3,576
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)	−$2,477
Monthly take-home	$3,105
Every two weeks	$1,433

Does it go far here?

$46,223Median pay in Kenosha, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 101.1 vs 100).

39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,219 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kenosha, WI

Job	Median pay
General and Operations Managers	$106,310
Registered Nurses	$83,110
Accountants and Auditors	$78,840
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$77,390
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$75,580
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$72,500
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$70,470
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$61,610

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