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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Jersey earns $44,450 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,973 a month.

10th percentile
$32,490
25th percentile
$36,300
Median percentile
$44,450
75th percentile
$51,540
90th percentile
$67,180

Based on 860 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

$35,673 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,450
Federal income tax−$3,154
Social Security + Medicare−$3,400
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$2,223
Monthly take-home$2,973
Every two weeks$1,372

Does it go far here?

$40,853Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
58%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

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