Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois
Local pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Illinois, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4033
$46,180
median pay, Illinois
4,100
employed in Illinois
-0.8%
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 Illinois
Illinois · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Illinois earn between $40,190 and $54,000 a year; the U.S. median is $46,550.
$37,530
P10
$40,190
P25
$46,180
MEDIAN
$54,000
P75
$63,400
P90
Pay by metro in Illinois