The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $51,070, Oregon is the highest paying state for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla. It is followed by Vermont (average annual salary $46,180). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | $51,070 |
$35,960 | 1,080 |
| 2 | Vermont | $46,180 |
$37,180 | 200 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $45,840 |
$35,570 | 1,890 |
| 4 | Arizona | $45,830 |
$30,710 | 1,100 |
| 5 | Iowa | $44,250 |
$33,280 | 800 |
| 6 | Minnesota | $44,160 |
$34,180 | 1,490 |
| 7 | South Carolina | $43,540 |
$34,560 | 1,640 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $43,490 |
$33,610 | 1,850 |
| 9 | Wyoming | $42,410 |
$23,270 | 40 |
| 10 | Illinois | $42,310 |
$31,200 | 5,570 |
| 11 | Washington | $42,150 |
$33,060 | 1,610 |
| 12 | Colorado | $41,200 |
$31,860 | 510 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | $40,790 |
$31,200 | 3,670 |
| 14 | North Dakota | $40,370 |
$31,200 | 270 |
| 15 | West Virginia | $40,330 |
$30,680 | 100 |
| 16 | Maryland | $40,160 |
$26,460 | 100 |
| 17 | North Carolina | $40,110 |
$30,030 | 2,050 |
| 18 | New Hampshire | $40,060 |
$32,440 | 650 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $40,050 |
$30,140 | 4,270 |
| 20 | Missouri | $39,920 |
$31,200 | 1,520 |
| 21 | Indiana | $39,760 |
$31,090 | 3,880 |
| 22 | New York | $39,690 |
$31,150 | 2,400 |
| 23 | Maine | $39,690 |
$33,770 | 180 |
| 24 | Michigan | $39,450 |
$30,510 | 4,300 |
| 25 | Louisiana | $39,150 |
$28,380 | 70 |
| 26 | California | $38,680 |
$32,070 | 9,760 |
| 27 | Utah | $38,620 |
$30,720 | 430 |
| 28 | Mississippi | $38,330 |
$28,120 | 490 |
| 29 | Nebraska | $38,170 |
$32,400 | 140 |
| 30 | Arkansas | $38,120 |
$26,930 | 560 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | $38,020 |
$29,590 | 520 |
| 32 | Virginia | $37,660 |
$29,760 | 410 |
| 33 | Georgia | $37,500 |
$29,010 | 1,160 |
| 34 | Tennessee | $37,340 |
$29,410 | 1,440 |
| 35 | Ohio | $37,220 |
$29,360 | 7,380 |
| 36 | Texas | $37,120 |
$26,320 | 3,580 |
| 37 | New Jersey | $37,060 |
$27,040 | 1,070 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $36,990 |
$28,540 | 670 |
| 39 | Montana | $36,750 |
$29,940 | 140 |
| 40 | Kansas | $36,030 |
$28,270 | 830 |
| 41 | Rhode Island | $36,020 |
$29,100 | 220 |
| 42 | Nevada | $35,280 |
$28,520 | 230 |
| 43 | Idaho | $34,590 |
$28,540 | 180 |
| 44 | Alabama | $34,490 |
$27,170 | 2,300 |
| 45 | Florida | $33,820 |
$25,980 | 890 |
| 46 | South Dakota | $31,580 |
$28,800 | 220 |
| 47 | New Mexico | $31,200 |
$29,240 | 80 |
| 48 | Delaware | $30,810 |
$29,300 | 100 |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | $21,170 |
$16,510 | 60 |
Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in those states is not available at this time.
See also: Highest-paying industries for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla, Top paying jobs in America.