The annual salary statistics of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage data of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Huntington-Ashland 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 | $28,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,690 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,690. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,870.
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 | $39,230 | 3.87% | -1.25% |
| 2021 | $37,710 | 11.40% | - |
| 2020 | $33,410 | -32.27% | - |
| 2019 | $44,190 | 6.34% | - |
| 2018 | $41,390 | 0.82% | - |
| 2017 | $41,050 | -3.07% | - |
| 2016 | $42,310 | -4.11% | - |
| 2015 | $44,050 | 9.83% | - |
| 2012 | $39,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,230 in Huntington-Ashland is in the middle of salary range for grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in state of West Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of grinding/lapping/polishing/buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pla in Huntington-Ashland is 12.0 percent (12.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Weirton-Steubenville and 23.0 percent (23.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wheeling.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Weirton-Steubenville | |
| Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Huntington-Ashland | |
| Steubenville-Weirton | |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg | |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria | |
| North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Wheeling |