Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Massachusetts
Local pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Massachusetts, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4033
$50,910
median pay, Massachusetts
2,420
employed in Massachusetts
+9.4%
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 Massachusetts
Massachusetts · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Massachusetts earn between $45,440 and $60,380 a year; the U.S. median is $46,550.
$39,610
P10
$45,440
P25
$50,910
MEDIAN
$60,380
P75
$75,340
P90
Pay by metro in Massachusetts