Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Pennsylvania
Local pay for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Pennsylvania, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4033
$47,650
median pay, Pennsylvania
3,830
employed in Pennsylvania
+2.4%
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 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Pennsylvania earn between $40,090 and $53,090 a year; the U.S. median is $46,550.
$36,540
P10
$40,090
P25
$47,650
MEDIAN
$53,090
P75
$60,040
P90
Pay by metro in Pennsylvania
$53,090
$48,530
$48,370
$47,650
$47,350
$45,390
$45,100
$44,450
$20k $50k $80k