Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$45,190

National average

Salary Range

$34,980 – $61,550

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,920$38,830$62,010
Missouri$58,920$36,560$65,810
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$58,380$37,130$60,230
St. Cloud, MN$55,580$38,260$61,590
Fort Smith, AR-OK$55,410$31,000$68,500
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$55,280$40,440$72,990
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$53,760$35,480$58,370
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$53,550$37,090$57,310
Spartanburg, SC$53,350$42,000$62,700
Asheville, NC$53,180$35,690$58,560
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$52,850$36,520$59,340
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$52,550$34,000$52,550
Wilmington, NC$52,280$35,050$60,960
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,020$31,230$58,850
Longview-Kelso, WA$51,880$40,630$64,770
Oregon$51,850$40,340$72,990
Springfield, MA$51,670$40,360$77,200
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$51,460$39,780$52,710
Reading, PA$51,380$38,010$65,970
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$51,360$34,070$60,830
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$51,360$38,330$58,210
Pueblo, CO$50,940$47,070$56,500
Sheboygan, WI$50,850$37,530$67,950
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$50,780$38,220$62,610
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$50,600$37,540$59,310
Tyler, TX$50,530$31,200$51,250
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$50,350$40,580$60,860
Peoria, IL$50,330$37,460$59,390
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$50,330$38,180$57,940
Utica-Rome, NY$50,290$35,630$75,320
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$50,290$37,680$68,330
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$50,080$34,870$70,840
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$49,770$38,570$71,590
Bend, OR$49,750$43,930$63,190
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,630$39,710$58,020
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$49,590$39,350$67,640
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,590$36,150$50,170
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$49,470$39,830$70,410
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$49,420$34,900$71,350
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$49,310$37,680$60,780
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$49,300$30,180$49,300
Albany, OR$49,200$40,340$60,550
Minnesota$49,180$38,900$63,970
Vermont$49,160$36,070$60,520
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$49,160$41,310$60,340
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$49,120$40,500$75,730
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$48,870$39,450$55,990
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$48,750$39,830$65,610
Massachusetts$48,690$40,320$76,160
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$48,650$39,840$64,060
Saginaw, MI$48,620$34,700$63,850
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,320$36,070$50,820
Green Bay, WI$48,300$38,630$59,010
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$48,290$35,350$63,040
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$48,290$38,790$58,870
South Carolina$48,210$37,810$62,100
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,210$39,160$57,990
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,190$40,240$64,870
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$48,160$38,120$61,320
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$48,140$34,980$61,470
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$48,060$38,080$60,850
Appleton, WI$47,940$37,460$60,000
Eau Claire, WI$47,770$38,740$60,870
Janesville-Beloit, WI$47,630$39,850$52,000
Washington$47,550$38,550$66,730
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,510$35,480$56,100
Ames, IA$47,490$39,350$56,660
Connecticut$47,480$34,330$63,010
North Carolina$47,470$34,660$58,560
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$47,460$31,730$78,080
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$47,460$45,430$60,720
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$47,370$38,890$68,160
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$47,170$37,240$74,190
Dubuque, IA$47,130$38,090$48,310
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,100$35,670$57,110
Knoxville, TN$47,100$35,260$53,350
Boulder, CO$47,020$42,050$78,230
Lincoln, NE$47,010$35,920$48,420
New Haven, CT$46,890$34,350$63,170
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$46,760$31,470$50,720
Nebraska$46,730$35,910$60,270
Winston-Salem, NC$46,710$31,630$56,900
Idaho$46,690$35,770$58,590
Lewiston, ID-WA$46,690$38,670$58,590
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,640$37,920$65,330
Wisconsin$46,570$35,430$59,990
Sandusky, OH$46,560$37,050$79,860
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$46,540$35,570$62,550
Madison, WI$46,530$37,580$61,990
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,520$35,120$65,900
Pittsburgh, PA$46,420$37,140$76,180
Maine$46,420$38,710$64,870
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$46,410$38,900$57,620
Springfield, OH$46,380$35,360$49,240
Fond du Lac, WI$46,380$37,820$60,450
Worcester, MA$46,350$39,390$57,270
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$46,320$35,310$55,320
North Dakota$46,170$42,390$52,720
Vallejo, CA$46,130$36,220$67,390
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$46,100$34,320$61,570
Huntsville, AL$46,080$31,500$66,450
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$46,080$38,380$69,430
Burlington, NC$46,060$34,970$55,520
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$45,990$37,030$56,260
Illinois$45,970$36,740$60,420
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,970$35,970$63,790
New York$45,910$35,830$66,210
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,910$33,860$49,780
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,890$34,880$47,880
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,880$30,880$59,080
State College, PA$45,830$35,690$49,450
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$45,770$40,610$51,770
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$45,760$34,720$59,930
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$45,750$36,130$57,880
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,730$35,420$63,470
California$45,640$36,330$63,040
Pennsylvania$45,550$35,880$61,960
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,550$36,100$78,530
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$45,540$36,640$61,870
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$45,500$39,310$67,490
Colorado$45,460$38,120$60,680
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$45,460$39,800$56,350
Wyoming$45,450$44,130$54,880
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$45,430$32,970$57,010
Kenosha, WI$45,400$36,720$58,470
Tennessee$45,380$34,470$53,350
Virginia$45,330$33,470$52,350
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$45,250$35,360$63,610
Raleigh-Cary, NC$45,230$33,960$55,640
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$45,170$38,700$59,450
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,160$39,140$58,120
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$45,140$36,920$61,780
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$45,090$35,440$56,200
Richmond, VA$45,070$32,220$52,350
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,050$36,030$57,870
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$44,930$38,970$70,650
Iowa$44,920$37,770$68,400
Coeur d'Alene, ID$44,920$38,180$44,930
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,920$34,870$61,380
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,920$38,190$50,900
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$44,870$36,030$61,860
Fort Wayne, IN$44,870$34,180$66,530
Youngstown-Warren, OH$44,810$31,480$54,420
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,780$33,870$78,550
Springfield, MO$44,720$37,210$59,480
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$44,670$36,300$66,830
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,670$34,460$58,090
Indiana$44,610$35,440$61,870
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$44,580$36,490$54,460
Cedar Rapids, IA$44,570$39,310$56,160
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$44,570$37,210$53,580
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$44,490$40,030$58,870
New Hampshire$44,460$36,560$59,710
Waco, TX$44,400$30,040$49,630
Syracuse, NY$44,360$33,670$81,580
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,340$36,160$72,680
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,340$30,600$52,880
Erie, PA$44,190$30,110$61,120
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,170$30,060$54,440
Modesto, CA$44,160$35,960$70,530
Arizona$44,120$36,050$66,200
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$44,070$38,360$60,260
Columbia, SC$44,000$38,720$62,100
Georgia$43,930$35,020$58,630
Mansfield, OH$43,850$36,000$59,250
Binghamton, NY$43,720$31,200$52,070
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$43,720$34,030$82,350
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$43,540$35,880$44,850
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$43,530$35,960$58,020
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,490$34,480$57,830
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$43,480$36,220$48,300
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$43,230$34,930$60,920
Terre Haute, IN$43,200$30,260$47,310
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$43,160$35,610$60,020
Louisiana$42,990$35,670$59,120
Utah$42,920$33,830$56,330
Stockton-Lodi, CA$42,730$35,920$58,240
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,700$32,500$50,510
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$42,680$35,880$61,860
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$42,570$36,790$53,350
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$42,540$31,110$57,250
Manchester-Nashua, NH$42,430$36,330$65,850
Cleveland, OH$42,410$34,410$59,200
Colorado Springs, CO$42,310$37,540$58,420
Monroe, MI$42,300$31,900$60,990
Jackson, TN$42,260$27,900$49,460
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$42,180$34,680$57,110
Lebanon, PA$42,120$35,640$48,390
York-Hanover, PA$42,120$37,150$48,920
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$42,110$31,720$51,320
Yakima, WA$42,080$38,550$48,320
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$42,040$30,890$44,810
Toledo, OH$41,950$37,460$66,280
Columbus, IN$41,880$34,300$48,980
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$41,880$37,270$53,720
Tucson, AZ$41,840$34,860$50,600
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$41,610$37,730$48,820
Michigan$41,600$35,110$58,510
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,570$29,650$51,000
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$41,550$34,150$47,650
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$41,500$34,310$57,070
Kentucky$41,450$34,480$55,490
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$41,450$33,560$49,000
Ohio$41,420$34,360$58,420
Mississippi$41,410$30,700$61,620
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$41,410$36,520$57,210
Columbus, OH$41,330$36,080$51,260
Elmira, NY$41,330$31,200$61,990
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$41,250$31,460$57,200
Akron, OH$41,150$32,900$54,930
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$41,070$35,840$50,740
Longview, TX$40,980$28,560$45,170
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$40,980$31,920$49,860
Reno, NV$40,960$33,910$52,070
Nevada$40,960$32,790$58,760
Greeley, CO$40,960$35,660$58,460
Lancaster, PA$40,960$35,530$51,270
Ocala, FL$40,940$34,800$52,510
Boise City, ID$40,910$35,770$49,230
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,870$35,940$56,280
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$40,840$31,290$49,770
Evansville, IN$40,820$35,970$45,720
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$40,750$34,640$61,100
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$40,660$34,140$50,920
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$40,620$35,310$55,280
Rhode Island$40,600$32,790$65,360
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$40,580$36,100$61,340
Kansas$40,500$32,010$53,060
Rochester, NY$40,430$34,510$51,190
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$40,430$37,980$49,330
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$40,370$34,080$45,720
Maryland$40,330$31,200$55,610
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$40,240$24,270$50,090
Carson City, NV$40,200$32,790$57,920
South Dakota$40,190$30,710$51,540
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$40,130$33,850$59,850
Canton-Massillon, OH$39,940$31,750$62,190
Tulsa, OK$39,930$31,200$50,280
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$39,910$27,590$53,910
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$39,890$31,720$61,610
Oklahoma$39,690$30,290$52,550
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$39,660$35,620$63,500
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$39,630$36,360$52,070
Muncie, IN$39,540$31,110$62,270
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,530$31,200$54,650
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,520$34,530$51,810
Arkansas$39,450$32,150$55,410
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$39,400$33,700$55,350
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,400$33,690$47,410
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$39,400$31,160$49,980
Wausau, WI$39,340$39,320$57,740
Battle Creek, MI$39,330$34,840$47,150
Rockford, IL$39,050$34,560$57,380
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$39,040$33,920$48,330
Texas$39,000$28,270$52,430
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$38,990$36,410$58,440
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$38,960$32,640$63,390
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$38,960$35,920$53,500
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$38,910$35,310$56,370
Alabama$38,910$32,210$50,040
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,890$32,350$50,960
Wichita, KS$38,870$31,860$67,240
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,780$35,320$53,770
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$38,750$32,860$56,300
Niles, MI$38,710$34,890$50,960
Florida$38,710$32,180$50,370
Jackson, MI$38,690$36,130$57,170
Ann Arbor, MI$38,650$34,360$48,520
Birmingham, AL$38,580$34,420$50,040
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$38,500$36,640$48,180
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$38,390$32,640$52,150
Traverse City, MI$38,260$34,750$63,100
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$38,260$33,270$45,930
New Jersey$38,190$31,470$51,680
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,160$29,020$47,930
Montana$38,090$31,180$53,760
Killeen-Temple, TX$38,050$29,710$48,550
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$38,040$31,030$53,910
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,010$26,520$49,150
Anniston-Oxford, AL$37,890$33,360$48,180
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$37,880$31,610$48,040
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$37,840$37,600$47,470
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,810$29,990$63,490
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,750$31,820$48,130
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,680$35,130$58,760
Flint, MI$37,600$28,270$49,380
Montgomery, AL$37,600$32,790$61,260
Fresno, CA$37,510$34,980$48,800
Oklahoma City, OK$37,500$30,220$46,600
West Virginia$37,490$28,570$57,220
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,460$29,250$45,160
Jacksonville, FL$37,280$30,000$50,640
Mobile, AL$37,260$32,790$45,910
El Paso, TX$37,240$25,030$45,980
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$37,170$37,090$48,680
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,140$36,270$46,750
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,000$30,770$52,120
Ogden, UT$36,890$29,060$53,240
New Mexico$36,800$31,180$51,270
Lynchburg, VA$36,770$33,160$56,250
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36,730$33,440$57,920
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$36,600$27,340$51,570
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,570$36,570$49,900
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$36,560$36,560$43,250
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,380$30,700$43,840
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$35,930$30,710$49,590
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,480$26,330$49,040
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,120$20,470$44,130
Florence, SC$34,300$32,790$45,750
Roanoke, VA$34,120$32,870$46,160
Auburn-Opelika, AL$33,520$29,250$65,580
Delaware$32,390$31,800$51,240
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,930$30,800$45,340
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,230$20,300$28,840
Puerto Rico$26,230$20,300$30,410

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The median annual salary for a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $45,190, with a typical range of $34,980 – $61,550 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic positions typically start around $34,980 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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