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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Nevada earns $46,140 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,271 a month.

10th percentile
$37,550
25th percentile
$40,580
Median percentile
$46,140
75th percentile
$51,110
90th percentile
$73,040

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

$39,253 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,140
Federal income tax−$3,357
Social Security + Medicare−$3,530
Nevada income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,271
Every two weeks$1,510

Does it go far here?

$46,150Median pay in Nevada is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.0 vs 100).
49%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,597 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Nevada

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$252,120
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$192,460
Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,000
Dentists, General$162,200
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,560
Lawyers$150,510
Chief Executives$149,770
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$141,950

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