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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Iowa

SOC 51-4033 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Iowa is $44,920 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $21.60 per hour. This is 1% below the national median of $45,190. 1,200 people work as Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics in Iowa. Wages have grown 25% since 2019, when the median was $36,010.

Median Annual Salary

$44,920

Mean Annual

$47,080

Median Hourly

$21.60

Total Employed

1,200

Salary Distribution

$38k
10th
$39k
25th
$45k
Median
$48k
75th
$68k
90th

How This Compares

Iowa

$44,920

this metro

United States

$45,190

you earn -1% vs US

Salary Trend

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Year Median Annual
2024 $44,920
2023 $40,300
2022 $44,250
2021 $37,710
2020 $35,630
2019 $36,010

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