Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in New York
Local pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New York, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4033
$49,290
median pay, New York
2,410
employed in New York
+5.9%
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 New York
New York · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New York earn between $43,590 and $60,270 a year; the U.S. median is $46,550.
$37,300
P10
$43,590
P25
$49,290
MEDIAN
$60,270
P75
$73,220
P90
Pay by metro in New York
$57,420
$50,760
$48,690
$47,420
$46,720
$46,700
$46,290
$45,110
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