The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage information of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington 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 | $35,090 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $43,930 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $50,380 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $60,610 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,610. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $43,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,090.
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 | $43,930 | 12.50% | 17.32% |
| 2021 | $38,440 | -2.63% | - |
| 2020 | $39,450 | 4.33% | - |
| 2019 | $37,740 | 2.15% | - |
| 2018 | $36,930 | 1.06% | - |
| 2017 | $36,540 | -1.97% | - |
| 2016 | $37,260 | 3.35% | - |
| 2015 | $36,010 | -0.39% | - |
| 2014 | $36,150 | 0.58% | - |
| 2013 | $35,940 | -1.06% | - |
| 2012 | $36,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $43,930 in Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington 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 Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington is 2.6 percent (2.6%) lower than that in the highest paying South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area and 39.1 percent (39.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.