The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $25,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,650 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,860.
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 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $33,650 | 2.26% | 0.68% |
| 2016 | $32,890 | -3.98% | - |
| 2015 | $34,200 | -0.76% | - |
| 2014 | $34,460 | -1.77% | - |
| 2013 | $35,070 | 4.70% | - |
| 2012 | $33,420 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,650 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 34.1 percent (34.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro and 7.4 percent (7.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Western Washington nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Bremerton-Silverdale | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes | |
| Olympia | |
| Yakima | |
| Spokane | |
| Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Bellingham | |
| Tacoma | |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area |