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

State wage data from the BLS OEWS survey, May 2025.

Median annual

$43,650

Median hourly

$21

Average annual

$49,300

Employed in state

140

The median annual salary for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Rhode Island is $43,650, or about $21 an hour. That is 6% lower than the national median.

Pay in Rhode Island ranges from $37,150 at the 10th percentile to $70,430 at the 90th percentile. Roughly 140 people work as grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the state.

Pay distribution in Rhode Island

10th$37,150
25th$38,480
Median$43,650
75th$60,510
90th$70,430

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Hourly
$20.99
Daily
$168
Weekly
$839
Bi-weekly
$1,679
Monthly
$3,638
Annual
$43,650

$43,650 a year is around the 50th percentile for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastics in Rhode Island. The median is $43,650.

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay by metro area in Rhode Island

Metro areaMedian annualEmployment
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$47,860410

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