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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Omaha, NE-IA earns $46,590 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,107 a month.

10th percentile
$39,740
25th percentile
$43,070
Median percentile
$46,590
75th percentile
$50,220
90th percentile
$60,990

Based on 30 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

$37,286 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,590
Federal income tax−$3,411
Social Security + Medicare−$3,564
Nebraska income tax (approx.)−$2,330
Monthly take-home$3,107
Every two weeks$1,434

Does it go far here?

$50,690Median pay in Omaha, NE is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.9 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,192 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Omaha, NE

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$290,460
Chief Executives$228,220
General Internal Medicine Physicians$185,110
Architectural and Engineering Managers$148,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers$145,500
Pharmacists$141,830
Financial Managers$140,390
Physician Assistants$134,130

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