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

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 Kentucky is $41,450 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $19.93 per hour. This is 8% below the national median of $45,190. 660 people work as Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics in Kentucky. Wages have grown 13% since 2019, when the median was $36,590.

Median Annual Salary

$41,450

Mean Annual

$44,370

Median Hourly

$19.93

Total Employed

660

Salary Distribution

$34k
10th
$37k
25th
$41k
Median
$52k
75th
$55k
90th

How This Compares

Kentucky

$41,450

this metro

United States

$45,190

you earn -8% vs US

Salary Trend

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Year Median Annual
2024 $41,450
2023 $39,310
2022 $36,990
2021 $37,680
2020 $36,230
2019 $36,590

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