The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $23,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,180 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,520 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $55,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $55,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,630.
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 2021. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $38,520 | 48.60% | 31.57% |
| 2019 | $19,800 | -33.13% | - |
| 2018 | $26,360 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,520 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Brownsville-Harlingen is 16.6 percent (16.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 32.5 percent (32.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.