The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $25,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,310 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,620.
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 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,450 | -0.48% | 28.46% |
| 2021 | $37,630 | 13.23% | - |
| 2020 | $32,650 | 4.53% | - |
| 2019 | $31,170 | -0.32% | - |
| 2018 | $31,270 | 2.78% | - |
| 2017 | $30,400 | -9.74% | - |
| 2016 | $33,360 | 1.02% | - |
| 2015 | $33,020 | -1.09% | - |
| 2014 | $33,380 | 7.34% | - |
| 2013 | $30,930 | 13.39% | - |
| 2012 | $26,790 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,450 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 18.9 percent (18.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 30.5 percent (30.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.