Highest-paying Cities for Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Pla

The top 100 highest paying cities for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $68,190, Kokomo, Indiana is the highest paying city for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla. It is followed by Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina (average annual salary $66,050). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Pla

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kokomo, Indiana	$68,190	$35,270	40
2	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$66,050	$35,380	180
3	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$63,460	$35,710	80
4	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$63,120	$34,610	40
5	Dubuque, Iowa	$58,310	$37,680	40
6	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$54,160	$31,940	190
7	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$53,940	$31,900	200
8	Albany, Oregon	$52,210	$42,590	170
9	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$51,380	$28,660	230
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$51,070	$35,680	830
11	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$50,860	$40,960	60
12	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$50,280	$34,770	170
13	Ithaca, New York	$50,200	$32,500	30
14	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$50,050	$37,590	100
15	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$49,450	$37,700	160
16	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$49,240	$23,530	40
17	Danbury, Connecticut	$48,360	$38,660	180
18	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$47,810	$29,850	180
19	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$47,500	$29,590	120
20	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$47,460	$31,010	940
21	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$47,430	$36,010	240
22	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$47,330	$32,610	620
23	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$47,230	$31,240	190
24	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,190	$30,040	60
25	Gainesville, Georgia	$47,180	$34,900	290
26	Decatur, Illinois	$47,000	$35,200	40
27	St Cloud, Minnesota	$46,820	$34,990	100
28	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,600	$35,570	750
29	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$46,540	$32,370	860
30	Springfield, Massachusetts	$46,540	$35,720	360
31	Tyler, Texas	$46,200	$38,130	80
32	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$46,180	$37,180	150
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,180	$35,960	50
34	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$45,980	$36,770	110
35	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$45,900	$33,110	30
36	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$45,750	$31,310	130
37	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$45,610	$38,500	40
38	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$45,280	$36,910	40
39	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,230	$35,890	140
40	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$45,150	$33,650	1,150
41	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$45,080	$35,170	450
42	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$45,070	$32,270	130
43	Syracuse, New York	$45,010	$33,060	330
44	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$44,800	$27,060	30
45	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,630	$37,760	1,020
46	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$44,570	$29,680	40
47	Peoria, Illinois	$44,500	$31,930	240
48	Jackson, Tennessee	$44,430	$35,490	40
49	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$44,420	$32,820	260
50	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,420	$34,180	50
51	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$44,420	$28,110	120
52	Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$44,340	$27,110	270
53	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$44,320	$29,410	40
54	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$44,180	$37,530	490
55	Madison, Wisconsin	$44,090	$30,870	200
56	Worcester, Massachusetts	$44,010	$34,280	110
57	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$43,930	$35,090	1,090
58	Asheville, North Carolina	$43,870	$28,080	120
59	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$43,650	$28,640	280
60	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,600	$36,180	940
61	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$43,470	$30,430	50
62	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$43,330	$30,140	150
63	St Louis, Missouri	$43,250	$32,150	960
64	Reading, Pennsylvania	$43,090	$29,540	320
65	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$43,040	$27,480	40
66	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$43,020	$32,030	50
67	Provo-Orem, Utah	$42,930	$33,740	100
68	Richmond, Virginia	$42,930	$28,750	80
69	Framingham, Massachusetts	$42,910	$27,430	100
70	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,830	$31,170	40
71	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$42,820	$29,660	140
72	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$42,790	$35,160	170
73	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$42,670	$34,700	290
74	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$42,640	$31,200	90
75	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$42,610	$33,850	40
76	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,500	$31,690	130
77	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$42,450	$24,090	120
78	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$42,310	$31,200	3,480
79	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,210	$38,160	40
80	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$42,120	$36,030	50
81	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,030	$35,880	60
82	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$42,010	$31,910	40
83	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$41,930	$28,540	40
84	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$41,890	$33,990	50
85	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$41,650	$22,790	100
86	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,610	$32,460	80
87	Springfield, Missouri	$41,600	$36,600	210
88	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$41,580	$33,100	1,280
89	Toledo, Ohio	$41,560	$33,030	320
90	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$41,430	$22,940	60
91	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$41,390	$34,410	30
92	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$41,370	$31,820	350
93	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$41,220	$34,300	60
94	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$41,200	$30,170	40
95	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$41,070	$36,820	70
96	Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama	$41,030	$24,890	60
97	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$40,990	$30,710	180
98	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$40,830	$32,580	220
99	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$40,810	$33,120	1,680
100	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$40,730	$31,550	40

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