The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $26,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,020 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $55,860 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $55,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,770.
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 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $36,100 | 6.20% | 7.62% |
| 2016 | $33,860 | -46.01% | - |
| 2015 | $49,440 | 1.33% | - |
| 2014 | $48,780 | -3.36% | - |
| 2013 | $50,420 | 33.86% | - |
| 2012 | $33,350 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,100 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 27.9 percent (27.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area and 9.6 percent (9.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Peabody.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Springfield | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Worcester | |
| Framingham | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| New Bedford | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Peabody |