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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Tulsa, OK

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Tulsa, OK earns $38,570 a year, 17% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,620 a month.

10th percentile
$29,300
25th percentile
$35,160
Median percentile
$38,570
75th percentile
$45,100
90th percentile
$54,840

Based on 370 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

$31,435 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,570
Federal income tax−$2,448
Social Security + Medicare−$2,951
Oklahoma income tax (approx.)−$1,736
Monthly take-home$2,620
Every two weeks$1,209

Does it go far here?

$43,233Median pay in Tulsa, OK is worth this at average US prices (local price level 89.2 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,078 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Tulsa, OK

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$350,190
Physicians, All Other$259,220
Chief Executives$162,260
Architectural and Engineering Managers$160,810
Computer and Information Systems Managers$150,680
Financial Managers$141,980
Pharmacists$140,820
Sales Managers$140,040

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