Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$46,890

National average

Salary Range

$35,380 – $65,980

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$105,380$59,920$110,440
Duluth, MN-WI$81,770$57,860$83,690
Wyoming$76,350$51,370$110,440
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$70,810$62,480$88,840
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$70,770$43,680$70,770
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$69,060$56,310$83,660
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$66,640$40,680$68,490
Alaska$66,570$41,410$84,140
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$66,570$41,410$84,140
Wheeling, WV-OH$65,820$47,510$66,460
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$64,510$43,310$95,180
Omaha, NE-IA$64,110$51,350$65,650
Nevada$63,960$45,750$88,680
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$63,490$37,050$66,670
Kansas City, MO-KS$62,960$40,590$72,420
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,730$38,650$69,140
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,640$59,160$62,650
Ogden, UT$62,030$39,210$71,950
Pittsfield, MA$61,640$43,110$62,870
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$61,030$40,200$74,170
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$60,830$41,450$76,220
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$60,230$48,310$60,370
Iowa$60,210$43,430$62,650
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$60,010$38,130$65,430
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$58,890$36,800$64,200
Madison, WI$58,880$45,120$64,860
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$58,530$38,950$62,380
Minnesota$58,150$46,860$81,770
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$58,150$48,310$78,620
Salem, OR$58,130$41,600$79,350
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$58,000$34,620$67,080
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$58,000$40,490$68,200
Portland-South Portland, ME$57,320$39,520$82,420
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$57,110$43,580$61,950
Ames, IA$56,850$43,180$58,170
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$56,810$45,760$56,810
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$56,520$42,570$67,710
Anniston-Oxford, AL$55,580$34,980$55,580
Evansville, IN$55,540$37,410$61,570
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$55,530$53,870$66,390
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$55,510$39,330$63,030
Boise City, ID$55,420$40,720$60,650
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$55,000$25,810$55,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$54,530$36,210$75,330
West Virginia$54,310$37,050$66,260
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$54,120$33,020$62,100
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,910$45,030$71,900
Vermont$53,760$42,990$73,520
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$53,760$46,160$73,460
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$53,400$32,640$59,440
Rochester, NY$53,330$38,280$98,600
New York$53,330$39,780$78,490
Maine$52,880$38,710$82,420
Connecticut$52,860$32,860$61,230
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$52,680$38,860$75,830
Nebraska$52,620$46,720$64,110
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$52,190$39,960$63,090
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,150$36,180$60,530
Reading, PA$51,980$37,270$63,090
Illinois$51,860$40,030$71,510
Fargo, ND-MN$51,770$40,240$71,610
Jackson, TN$51,690$35,270$59,970
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$51,500$44,470$89,800
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$51,390$41,600$66,560
New Haven, CT$51,320$32,640$58,330
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$51,090$43,110$70,440
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$51,030$38,190$78,920
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,910$40,350$68,990
New Jersey$50,820$33,690$67,410
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$50,760$39,970$76,010
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$50,570$36,260$60,530
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,470$35,830$63,650
Utah$50,440$39,210$81,430
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$50,430$40,690$60,630
Terre Haute, IN$50,290$37,140$60,650
Pittsburgh, PA$50,270$37,090$64,450
Washington$49,920$40,810$83,710
Oregon$49,820$38,530$75,470
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$49,770$40,310$65,140
Wisconsin$49,710$41,870$63,210
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$49,540$36,400$83,200
Wichita, KS$49,360$35,960$64,330
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$49,300$37,640$85,840
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$49,300$39,310$84,030
Indiana$49,290$36,800$71,220
St. Cloud, MN$49,250$44,580$63,810
Worcester, MA$49,230$38,940$66,300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$49,060$38,770$63,160
Salinas, CA$49,050$38,230$66,880
Pennsylvania$49,050$38,630$61,560
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,010$35,870$56,930
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$48,930$39,110$66,600
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,880$33,940$72,260
New Hampshire$48,780$39,110$64,280
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,770$40,350$56,320
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$48,750$43,430$60,370
Idaho$48,660$38,710$64,510
Massachusetts$48,630$40,090$63,450
St. Joseph, MO-KS$48,610$48,170$58,400
Boulder, CO$48,600$38,450$70,320
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$48,600$40,180$62,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$48,580$35,950$60,440
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$48,520$43,570$58,060
South Dakota$48,320$31,290$69,470
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,320$37,590$58,440
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$48,300$35,900$57,470
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,280$40,870$89,980
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$48,160$36,050$82,750
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$48,100$41,930$99,140
Missouri$48,090$29,720$65,610
Arizona$48,040$38,910$54,650
North Dakota$47,900$36,340$71,610
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,880$29,420$62,250
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$47,720$36,150$69,350
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$47,690$38,990$54,650
Lancaster, PA$47,660$37,010$62,610
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$47,570$38,070$70,320
Joplin, MO-KS$47,460$35,320$61,850
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,260$26,960$47,260
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,110$35,650$47,920
Kentucky$46,940$31,060$57,160
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$46,900$38,770$61,760
Michigan$46,760$36,560$64,020
Greensboro-High Point, NC$46,600$36,590$61,050
Eugene-Springfield, OR$46,560$38,100$76,290
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$46,550$39,450$62,070
Montana$46,490$32,330$63,970
Napa, CA$46,320$39,780$46,520
Kansas$46,320$35,320$69,680
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$46,300$36,800$60,540
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$46,210$37,040$60,380
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,150$39,720$58,150
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$46,090$40,460$70,210
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$46,050$36,570$66,930
Greeley, CO$46,010$39,970$69,890
California$45,950$36,200$72,140
Colorado$45,930$38,450$62,500
Springfield, MA$45,900$37,400$59,930
Altoona, PA$45,830$36,590$53,790
Fort Wayne, IN$45,770$37,460$64,490
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$45,740$35,920$56,250
Stockton-Lodi, CA$45,720$36,230$67,250
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$45,680$31,560$67,920
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,650$38,260$61,140
Columbus, OH$45,540$37,360$60,790
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,470$39,050$62,200
Louisiana$45,460$31,490$59,890
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$45,260$35,610$58,720
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,100$34,410$64,100
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,060$31,080$48,640
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$45,020$37,270$81,370
Fresno, CA$45,020$35,480$63,670
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,000$31,210$62,300
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$44,930$35,830$59,850
Baton Rouge, LA$44,920$31,700$53,060
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$44,870$34,510$69,680
Raleigh-Cary, NC$44,530$37,160$59,500
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,470$35,050$58,490
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$44,380$36,640$76,370
Florida$44,370$33,320$65,150
Jacksonville, FL$44,100$33,280$54,870
Great Falls, MT$44,010$33,540$58,450
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$43,950$33,320$47,590
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$43,740$32,790$57,250
Virginia$43,680$33,660$59,640
Toledo, OH$43,440$35,980$57,600
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$43,410$35,010$58,670
Amarillo, TX$43,400$31,660$49,560
North Carolina$43,380$34,610$59,940
New Mexico$43,240$36,560$58,030
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$43,230$35,990$58,600
Modesto, CA$43,140$36,960$80,950
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,000$25,580$51,920
Richmond, VA$42,920$30,750$52,690
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$42,840$40,160$58,870
Winston-Salem, NC$42,810$31,250$60,860
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,680$31,280$45,460
Syracuse, NY$42,330$34,940$68,540
Chattanooga, TN-GA$42,120$33,470$52,600
Knoxville, TN$42,060$36,440$61,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$41,910$35,760$65,570
Tennessee$41,600$35,840$57,250
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,600$35,820$47,920
Billings, MT$41,410$32,330$53,780
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$41,230$37,060$46,670
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$41,090$37,400$51,400
Canton-Massillon, OH$40,430$34,640$52,140
Jonesboro, AR$40,010$30,280$44,920
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,980$34,860$60,800
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$39,830$31,150$59,820
Oklahoma$39,660$30,330$63,080
Ohio$39,570$35,570$56,960
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$39,570$36,780$57,160
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$39,520$26,610$51,120
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$39,490$35,660$58,940
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,470$32,120$54,320
Maryland$39,250$34,550$54,110
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$38,970$33,690$59,700
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$38,960$34,570$61,420
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$38,950$35,610$64,080
Merced, CA$38,870$35,560$56,290
Birmingham, AL$38,860$30,470$56,690
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,760$33,690$55,350
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$38,590$25,730$60,130
Texas$38,580$28,920$57,760
Georgia$38,560$33,950$50,010
Cleveland, OH$38,420$34,260$47,270
Pueblo, CO$38,180$38,180$67,090
Oklahoma City, OK$38,100$30,990$47,240
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,070$31,050$48,780
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$38,040$28,920$57,710
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,820$36,620$56,780
Arkansas$37,690$29,120$46,380
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$37,690$33,720$48,440
Jackson, MS$37,550$30,600$61,640
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$37,440$29,230$70,560
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,440$29,450$49,450
South Carolina$37,400$31,450$56,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,310$37,310$61,640
Columbia, SC$37,060$34,200$66,300
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,660$29,080$45,510
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$36,560$36,560$56,680
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,360$31,450$48,290
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,280$32,790$48,140
Savannah, GA$36,010$33,610$42,790
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,960$34,170$46,230
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,950$26,880$46,400
Alabama$35,920$21,500$55,580
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$35,920$34,650$43,850
Mississippi$35,780$27,390$45,220
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,200$26,960$47,250
Tulsa, OK$35,150$29,760$45,420
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,060$29,060$40,980
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$34,860$32,780$45,030
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$34,700$28,760$44,620
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$33,950$32,460$41,210
Puerto Rico$22,940$19,760$27,970
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,620$19,760$35,310

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make?▾

The median annual salary for a Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $46,890, with a typical range of $35,380 – $65,980 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?▾

Entry-level Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions typically start around $35,380 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss earn the most?▾

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.