The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $36,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,030 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $59,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,030.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 1-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $42,120 | 7.93% | 7.93% |
| 2021 | $38,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,120 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.7 percent (37.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.