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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Minnesota earns $51,780 a year, 11% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,355 a month.

10th percentile
$42,030
25th percentile
$46,840
Median percentile
$51,780
75th percentile
$60,560
90th percentile
$81,810

Based on 1,400 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

$40,264 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,780
Federal income tax−$4,034
Social Security + Medicare−$3,961
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$3,521
Monthly take-home$3,355
Every two weeks$1,549

Does it go far here?

$52,504Median pay in Minnesota is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,280 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minnesota

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$568,150
Anesthesiologists$496,510
Emergency Medicine Physicians$390,940
General Internal Medicine Physicians$373,700
Physicians, All Other$367,320
Physicians, Pathologists$362,270
Psychiatrists$336,410
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,910

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