Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Indiana
Local pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indiana, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4033
$47,310
median pay, Indiana
4,170
employed in Indiana
+1.6%
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 Indiana
Indiana · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indiana earn between $42,730 and $51,030 a year; the U.S. median is $46,550.
$38,790
P10
$42,730
P25
$47,310
MEDIAN
$51,030
P75
$61,360
P90
Pay by metro in Indiana
$47,680
$47,440
$46,530
$46,370
$45,230
$44,340
$43,240
$39,050
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