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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Staunton, VA

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA earns $46,230 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,065 a month.

10th percentile
$34,760
25th percentile
$46,230
Median percentile
$46,230
75th percentile
$66,900
90th percentile
$66,900

Based on 40 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

$36,783 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,230
Federal income tax−$3,368
Social Security + Medicare−$3,537
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$2,543
Monthly take-home$3,065
Every two weeks$1,415

Does it go far here?

$50,731Median pay in Staunton, VA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.1 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,068 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Staunton, VA

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$96,450
Registered Nurses$92,390
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,680
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,200
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,750
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$47,310
Office Clerks, General$43,630
Nursing Assistants$42,490

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