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Highest Paying States for Grinding and Polishing Workers

The highest paying states for grinding and polishing workers (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 and polishing workers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $36,370, Massachusetts is the highest paying state for grinding and polishing workers. It is followed by Maine (average annual salary $35,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of grinding and polishing workers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest Paying States for Grinding and Polishing Workers

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Massachusetts	$36,370	$25,950	660
2	Maine	$35,810	$26,880	100
3	New Jersey	$35,690	$24,200	710
4	Rhode Island	$35,220	$25,530	190
5	Montana	$33,900	$24,520	40
6	Connecticut	$33,840	$21,020	420
7	Pennsylvania	$33,380	$22,340	1,240
8	Arizona	$32,810	$23,800	250
9	Virginia	$32,400	$20,900	360
10	Minnesota	$31,270	$25,980	460
11	Ohio	$30,460	$21,010	1,470
12	Florida	$30,210	$21,490	580
13	South Dakota	$30,130	$21,870	60
14	Idaho	$30,040	$23,230	120
15	Oregon	$29,670	$23,970	350
16	Vermont	$29,640	$22,490	120
17	Tennessee	$29,610	$20,220	250
18	California	$29,580	$22,520	4,000
19	Washington	$29,520	$23,560	380
20	Utah	$29,400	$21,800	260
21	Iowa	$29,220	$20,640	200
22	Indiana	$29,070	$21,240	1,700
23	Kansas	$29,000	$22,400	310
24	Maryland	$28,980	$21,180	120
25	Illinois	$28,790	$20,000	780
26	Texas	$28,310	$19,190	1,670
27	New York	$28,250	$21,260	1,440
28	Oklahoma	$28,250	$21,090	330
29	Kentucky	$28,160	$20,680	650
30	Colorado	$27,810	$22,240	90
31	New Hampshire	$27,630	$20,130	170
32	Wisconsin	$27,610	$21,060	710
33	Nebraska	$27,540	$21,430	70
34	Michigan	$27,420	$19,570	1,690
35	New Mexico	$26,710	$21,140	110
36	South Carolina	$26,660	$17,730	400
37	Hawaii	$26,230	$19,510	40
38	Alabama	$25,660	$19,690	1,010
39	North Carolina	$25,540	$18,580	920
40	Louisiana	$25,430	$18,120	160
41	Arkansas	$25,130	$19,800	530
42	Missouri	$25,120	$20,760	1,220
43	Mississippi	$24,880	$18,020	400
44	West Virginia	$24,280	$20,400	80
45	Nevada	$23,690	$18,200	80
46	Georgia	$23,650	$17,290	1,050
47	Puerto Rico	$17,970	$16,190	110

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of grinding and polishing workers in those states is not available at this time.