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

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Wausau, WI earns $40,580 a year, 13% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,720 a month.

10th percentile: $40,580
25th percentile: $40,580
Median percentile: $40,580
75th percentile: $45,090
90th percentile: $49,570

Based on 160 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

$32,635 take-home a year

Gross pay	$40,580
Federal income tax	−$2,690
Social Security + Medicare	−$3,104
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)	−$2,151
Monthly take-home	$2,720
Every two weeks	$1,255

Does it go far here?

$43,799Median pay in Wausau, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.7 vs 100).

37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($999 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wausau, WI

Job	Median pay
General and Operations Managers	$107,550
Registered Nurses	$89,190
Accountants and Auditors	$77,680
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$73,790
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$65,230
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,100
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$64,040
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,520

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