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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Mississippi earns $42,660 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,896 a month.

10th percentile
$30,440
25th percentile
$36,650
Median percentile
$42,660
75th percentile
$63,620
90th percentile
$63,620

Based on 430 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

$34,751 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,660
Federal income tax−$2,939
Social Security + Medicare−$3,263
Mississippi income tax (approx.)−$1,706
Monthly take-home$2,896
Every two weeks$1,337

Does it go far here?

$49,061Median pay in Mississippi is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.0 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($954 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Mississippi

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$235,630
Dentists, General$143,660
Architectural and Engineering Managers$142,790
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$137,220
Pharmacists$133,230
Nurse Practitioners$124,730
Computer and Information Systems Managers$124,280
Industrial Production Managers$118,660

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