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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Niles, MI earns $40,000 a year, 14% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,718 a month.

10th percentile
$35,570
25th percentile
$36,510
Median percentile
$40,000
75th percentile
$47,670
90th percentile
$52,610

Based on 140 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

$32,620 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,000
Federal income tax−$2,620
Social Security + Medicare−$3,060
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$1,700
Monthly take-home$2,718
Every two weeks$1,255

Does it go far here?

$43,304Median pay in Niles, MI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.4 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($942 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Niles, MI

JobMedian pay
Mechanical Engineers$106,320
General and Operations Managers$85,850
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,760
Machinists$50,430
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$48,780
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,070
Bus Drivers, School$47,210
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$44,440

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