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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma earns $38,570 a year, 17% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,620 a month.

10th percentile
$29,290
25th percentile
$34,920
Median percentile
$38,570
75th percentile
$49,910
90th percentile
$54,590

Based on 870 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

$31,435 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,570
Federal income tax−$2,448
Social Security + Medicare−$2,951
Oklahoma income tax (approx.)−$1,736
Monthly take-home$2,620
Every two weeks$1,209

Does it go far here?

$43,908Median pay in Oklahoma is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.8 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,014 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Oklahoma

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$361,350
Physicians, All Other$259,220
Dentists, General$166,170
Chief Executives$163,790
Architectural and Engineering Managers$157,330
Nurse Anesthetists$156,830
Petroleum Engineers$153,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers$137,280

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