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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Michigan City-La Porte, IN earns $39,050 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,699 a month.

10th percentile
$38,790
25th percentile
$39,040
Median percentile
$39,050
75th percentile
$49,390
90th percentile
$49,390

Based on 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

$32,385 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,050
Federal income tax−$2,506
Social Security + Medicare−$2,987
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,172
Monthly take-home$2,699
Every two weeks$1,246

Does it go far here?

$42,593Median pay in Michigan City, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.7 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($976 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Michigan City, IN

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$95,370
Registered Nurses$82,300
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,240
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,050
Office Clerks, General$41,480
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,060
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,820
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,170

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