Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas

The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 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 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,770
25th Percentile Wage
$34,360
50th Percentile Wage
$37,290
75th Percentile Wage
$37,950
90th Percentile Wage
$48,440

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,770.

Table 2. Compare Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Pla Salary in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,290 in Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 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 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is 19.3 percent (19.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Tyler and 30.2 percent (30.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Tyler
$46,200
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$44,320
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$42,450
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$39,270
Brownsville-Harlingen
$38,520
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$37,940
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$37,450
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$37,400
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$37,290
Odessa
$37,090
El Paso
$37,060
Longview
$36,810
Texarkana-Texarkana
$36,110
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,280
Midland
$33,820
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$33,810
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$33,070
Wichita Falls
$30,850
Waco
$29,790
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$29,560
Fort Worth-Arlington
$28,560
Amarillo
$28,360
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$28,220
Sherman-Denison
$26,020

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