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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC earns $36,830 a year, 21% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,479 a month.

10th percentile
$34,540
25th percentile
$35,560
Median percentile
$36,830
75th percentile
$44,610
90th percentile
$61,020

Based on 50 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

$29,747 take-home a year
Gross pay$36,830
Federal income tax−$2,240
Social Security + Medicare−$2,817
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$2,026
Monthly take-home$2,479
Every two weeks$1,144

Does it go far here?

$37,604Median pay in Virginia Beach, VA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 97.9 vs 100).
60%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,478 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Virginia Beach, VA

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$297,350
Physicians, All Other$266,280
Family Medicine Physicians$213,690
Dentists, General$177,400
Computer and Information Systems Managers$170,560
Financial Managers$163,940
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,340
Sales Managers$158,750

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