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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Washington earns $49,300 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,483 a month.

10th percentile
$38,630
25th percentile
$45,130
Median percentile
$49,300
75th percentile
$59,250
90th percentile
$70,320

Based on 1,870 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

$41,793 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,300
Federal income tax−$3,736
Social Security + Medicare−$3,771
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,483
Every two weeks$1,607

Does it go far here?

$46,069Median pay in Washington is worth this at average US prices (local price level 107.0 vs 100).
51%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,760 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Washington

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$499,990
General Internal Medicine Physicians$340,010
Chief Executives$339,810
Physicians, All Other$307,170
Family Medicine Physicians$292,900
Nurse Anesthetists$274,390
Radiologists$239,200
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$229,900

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