Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in California
Local pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4033
$45,890
median pay, California
7,800
employed in California
-1.4%
vs U.S. median
-12.0%
growth, 2024–34 (U.S.)
What grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn in California
California · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California earn between $39,440 and $53,820 a year; the U.S. median is $46,550.
$36,510
P10
$39,440
P25
$45,890
MEDIAN
$53,820
P75
$62,630
P90
Pay by metro in California
$49,230
$48,320
$47,630
$46,160
$45,500
$45,440
$45,050
$44,780
$20k $50k $80k