Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary
46,550 USD
Median annual wage · 2025 · BLS · 51-4033
Half of all grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States earn more than 46,550 USD a year, half earn less.
Rank by pay630of 825 occupations
Spread, quartile to quartile1.38×39,390 USD – 54,290 USD
| Measure | All |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 39,390 USD |
| Median | 46,550 USD |
| Mean | 48,170 USD |
| Upper quartile | 54,290 USD |
About the figure
Occupation code 51-4033 in SOC 2018, the US occupation classification. Covers wage and salary workers, excluding the self-employed. Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not estimated by us. The figure is an annual wage, not a monthly one.
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- Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners 46,420 USD
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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS. Figures are for 2025; snapshot taken 2026-08-15. www.bls.gov