Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey

The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Edison-New Brunswick 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 Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$22,130
25th Percentile Wage
$25,710
50th Percentile Wage
$29,500
75th Percentile Wage
$36,800
90th Percentile Wage
$45,800

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,130.

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
$29,500
2.00% 4.54%
2013
$28,910
2.59% -
2012
$28,160
- -

Table 2. Compare Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Edison-New Brunswick with Other New Jersey Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,500 in Edison-New Brunswick is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of New Jersey. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Edison-New Brunswick is 34.2 percent (34.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Trenton-Ewing and 8.9 percent (8.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Atlantic City-Hammonton.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Trenton-Ewing
$44,800
Wilmington
$36,130
Camden
$34,360
Edison-New Brunswick
$29,500
Atlantic City-Hammonton
$26,870