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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Mount Vernon, WA

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA earns $50,300 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,550 a month.

10th percentile
$39,630
25th percentile
$46,240
Median percentile
$50,300
75th percentile
$58,800
90th percentile
$62,110

Based on 40 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

$42,596 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,300
Federal income tax−$3,856
Social Security + Medicare−$3,848
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,550
Every two weeks$1,638

Does it go far here?

$49,100Median pay in Mount Vernon, WA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.4 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,536 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Mount Vernon, WA

JobMedian pay
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$130,790
General and Operations Managers$126,680
Registered Nurses$106,730
Electricians$104,510
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$100,730
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,630
Carpenters$69,710
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$62,240

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