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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA earns $58,680 a year, 26% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,695 a month.

10th percentile
$43,910
25th percentile
$47,490
Median percentile
$58,680
75th percentile
$68,950
90th percentile
$75,290

Based on 930 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

$44,342 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,680
Federal income tax−$4,862
Social Security + Medicare−$4,489
Oregon income tax (approx.)−$4,988
Monthly take-home$3,695
Every two weeks$1,705

Does it go far here?

$55,663Median pay in Portland, OR is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.4 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,724 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Portland, OR

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$375,810
Physicians, All Other$333,860
Family Medicine Physicians$286,170
Dentists, General$209,440
Computer and Information Research Scientists$206,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers$183,720
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$173,190
Marketing Managers$172,610

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