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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — wages and employment

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $45,190 in the United States in May 2024, with 70,110 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $45,190SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earned a median annual wage of $45,190 in the United States in May 2024, with 70,110 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $34,980 or less, the best-paid tenth $61,550 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $42,610 to $45,190, +6.1 %. The best-paying state is Missouri at $58,920; the lowest Puerto Rico at $26,230. Among metropolitan areas, St. Louis, MO-IL pays the highest median, $58,920. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
Missouri$58,9201,480
Oregon$51,8501,160
Minnesota$49,1801,490
Vermont$49,160220
Massachusetts$48,6902,330
South Carolina$48,2102,020
Washington$47,5502,080
Connecticut$47,4801,520
North Carolina$47,4701,820
Nebraska$46,730160
Idaho$46,690190
Wisconsin$46,5703,430
Maine$46,420210
North Dakota$46,17050
Illinois$45,9705,100
New York$45,9102,320
California$45,6407,800
Pennsylvania$45,5504,280
Colorado$45,460720
Wyoming$45,45030
Tennessee$45,380920
Virginia$45,330550
Iowa$44,9201,200
Indiana$44,6104,590
New Hampshire$44,460590
Arizona$44,120820
Georgia$43,9301,120
Louisiana$42,990130
Utah$42,920490
Michigan$41,6004,670
Kentucky$41,450660
Ohio$41,4205,760
Mississippi$41,410480
Nevada$40,960150
Rhode Island$40,600200
Kansas$40,500810
Maryland$40,330140
South Dakota$40,190130
Oklahoma$39,690720
Arkansas$39,450530
Texas$39,0003,050
Alabama$38,9101,580
Florida$38,7101,000
New Jersey$38,190930
Montana$38,090160
West Virginia$37,490190
New Mexico$36,80040
Delaware$32,39090
Puerto Rico$26,23060

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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