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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ earns $44,960 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,098 a month.

10th percentile
$37,590
25th percentile
$38,520
Median percentile
$44,960
75th percentile
$49,930
90th percentile
$57,050

Based on 520 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

$37,181 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,960
Federal income tax−$3,215
Social Security + Medicare−$3,439
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,124
Monthly take-home$3,098
Every two weeks$1,430

Does it go far here?

$43,517Median pay in Phoenix, AZ is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.3 vs 100).
55%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,702 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Phoenix, AZ

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$341,680
Physicians, All Other$301,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$228,040
Dentists, General$194,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,310

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