The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage information of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Lake County-Kenosha County 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 | $22,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,710 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $47,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,160.
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 | $31,560 | -1.68% | -2.25% |
| 2016 | $32,090 | -0.84% | - |
| 2015 | $32,360 | -2.32% | - |
| 2014 | $33,110 | 2.63% | - |
| 2013 | $32,240 | -0.09% | - |
| 2012 | $32,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,560 in Lake County-Kenosha County is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of Wisconsin. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Lake County-Kenosha County is 30.0 percent (30.0%) lower than that in the highest paying South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area and 15.2 percent (15.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.