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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in San Antonio, TX

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX earns $37,960 a year, 18% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,723 a month.

10th percentile
$27,630
25th percentile
$35,270
Median percentile
$37,960
75th percentile
$48,220
90th percentile
$53,450

Based on 80 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

$32,681 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,960
Federal income tax−$2,375
Social Security + Medicare−$2,904
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,723
Every two weeks$1,257

Does it go far here?

$40,078Median pay in San Antonio, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).
50%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,363 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Antonio, TX

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$296,910
Chief Executives$256,610
Family Medicine Physicians$233,780
Architectural and Engineering Managers$168,650
Computer and Information Systems Managers$163,490
Dentists, General$162,140
Pharmacists$150,500
Financial Managers$144,710

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