Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire

The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire is shown in Table 1. The wage information of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Rochester-Dover is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Pla in Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$19,860
25th Percentile Wage
$23,800
50th Percentile Wage
$28,080
75th Percentile Wage
$36,960
90th Percentile Wage
$47,570

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,860.

Median salary trend

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 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$28,080
0.00% 0.00%
2012
$28,080
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Table 2. Compare Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Rochester-Dover with Other New Hampshire Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $28,080, Rochester-Dover is the lowest paying city for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of New Hampshire, following city of Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $41,610). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Rochester-Dover is about 32.5 percent (32.5%) lower than that of the highest paying city Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$41,610
Portsmouth
$41,220
Dover-Durham
$40,060
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$39,140
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$38,590
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford
$37,210
Manchester
$36,190
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury
$35,770
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area
$35,400
Nashua
$30,320
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem
$29,780
Rochester-Dover
$28,080