Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
SOC 51-4033 · Metropolitan Area · 2024 BLS OEWS
The median salary for a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is $37,170 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $17.87 per hour. This is 18% below the national median of $45,190. 120 people work as Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. Wages have grown 8% since 2015, when the median was $34,420.
Median Annual Salary
$37,170
Mean Annual
$41,290
Median Hourly
$17.87
Total Employed
120
Location Quotient
2.23
Concentrated here
Salary Distribution
How This Compares
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
$37,170
this metro
Michigan
$41,600
you earn -11% vs state
United States
$45,190
you earn -18% vs US
Salary Trend
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| Year | Median Annual |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $37,170 |
| 2023 | $35,860 |
| 2022 | $40,470 |
| 2021 | $37,550 |
| 2020 | $39,980 |
| 2019 | $37,610 |
| 2018 | $39,250 |
| 2017 | $36,850 |
| 2016 | $34,150 |
| 2015 | $34,420 |
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