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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA earns $48,320 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,135 a month.

10th percentile
$40,600
25th percentile
$45,660
Median percentile
$48,320
75th percentile
$58,610
90th percentile
$66,670

Based on 650 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

$37,623 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,320
Federal income tax−$3,618
Social Security + Medicare−$3,696
California income tax (approx.)−$3,382
Monthly take-home$3,135
Every two weeks$1,447

Does it go far here?

$41,795Median pay in San Francisco, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 115.6 vs 100).
79%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,474 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Francisco, CA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$374,680
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$357,220
Family Medicine Physicians$304,560
Physicians, All Other$294,360
Chief Executives$288,690
Computer and Information Systems Managers$232,890
Natural Sciences Managers$225,230
Architectural and Engineering Managers$221,580

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