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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Seattle, WA

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA earns $53,930 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,793 a month.

10th percentile
$40,380
25th percentile
$47,700
Median percentile
$53,930
75th percentile
$61,350
90th percentile
$72,690

Based on 1,050 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

$45,513 take-home a year
Gross pay$53,930
Federal income tax−$4,292
Social Security + Medicare−$4,126
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,793
Every two weeks$1,750

Does it go far here?

$48,527Median pay in Seattle, WA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.1 vs 100).
53%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,000 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Seattle, WA

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$646,930
Chief Executives$370,000
General Internal Medicine Physicians$340,010
Physicians, All Other$330,560
Family Medicine Physicians$306,190
Radiologists$239,200
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$229,900
Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,680

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