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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Michigan earns $45,460 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,065 a month.

10th percentile
$35,850
25th percentile
$38,210
Median percentile
$45,460
75th percentile
$56,160
90th percentile
$60,090

Based on 4,180 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

$36,775 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,460
Federal income tax−$3,275
Social Security + Medicare−$3,478
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$1,932
Monthly take-home$3,065
Every two weeks$1,414

Does it go far here?

$47,247Median pay in Michigan is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.2 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,129 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Michigan

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$417,760
Psychiatrists$291,850
Chief Executives$255,560
Nurse Anesthetists$247,010
Family Medicine Physicians$214,070
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$209,650
Pediatricians, General$204,690
Dentists, General$169,930

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