Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary — Lansing, Michigan

The average Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Lansing, Michigan earns $45,680 a year.

$45,680 / year, mean
↓ 6.0% below national average 62th percentile in Michigan

Lansing sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
130
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.5%
Cost of living 95 #103 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $250,377 #136 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $70,886 #101 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lansing ranks #103 for cost of living and #136 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Portland $59,420 Utica $57,880 Bend $57,600 Syracuse $57,220 Albany $56,770 Seattle $56,300 Longview $55,800 Kiryas Joel $55,290 Vallejo $53,880 Huntington $53,540 San Francisco $52,310 Mount Vernon $52,060 Staunton $52,030 Muskegon $51,830 Saginaw $51,810 Bakersfield $50,760 Reading $50,530 New York $50,460 San Jose $50,160 Spokane $50,090 Chicago $49,720 Pittsburgh $49,690 Peoria $49,640 San Diego $49,410 Indianapolis $49,250 Buffalo $48,980 Albany $48,650 Philadelphia $48,650 Elkhart $48,400 Louisville $48,330 Los Angeles $48,320 Yakima $48,240 Detroit $48,090 Roanoke $48,060 Richmond $47,960 Fort Wayne $47,910 Oxnard $47,440 Stockton $47,320 Erie $47,150 Orlando $47,140 Deltona $47,060 Jackson $46,900 Sacramento $46,820 Traverse City $46,300 Lancaster $46,290 Elmira $46,140 Rockford $46,130 Rochester $46,070 Allentown $45,990 Tyler $45,940 Modesto $45,800 Lansing $45,680 Battle Creek $45,510 Ann Arbor $45,410 Binghamton $45,400 Riverside $45,340 Evansville $45,330 South Bend $45,180 Harrisburg $45,110 York $44,960 Terre Haute $44,780 Baltimore $44,760 Waco $44,470 Michigan City $44,390 Monroe $44,370 Columbus $43,820 Kankakee $43,740 Austin $43,690 Grand Rapids $43,680 Sarasota $43,330 Dallas $43,190 Fresno $43,110 Tampa $42,870 Niles $42,690 Jacksonville $42,440 Kalamazoo $42,170 Houston $42,090 San Antonio $42,040 Miami $42,030 Virginia Beach $41,800 Beaumont $41,770 Scranton $41,490 Palm Bay $41,020 Flint $40,740 Hagerstown $40,600 Lynchburg $39,740 Killeen $39,260 El Paso $38,930 Lakeland $38,690
CityMean salaryvs. Lansing
Albany, Oregon$56,770+24.3%
Albany, New York$48,650+6.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$45,990+0.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$45,410-0.6%
Austin, Texas$43,690-4.4%
Bakersfield, California$50,760+11.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$44,760-2.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$45,510-0.4%
Beaumont, Texas$41,770-8.6%
Bend, Oregon$57,600+26.1%
Binghamton, New York$45,400-0.6%
Buffalo, New York$48,980+7.2%
Chicago, Illinois$49,720+8.8%
Columbus, Indiana$43,820-4.1%
Dallas, Texas$43,190-5.5%
Deltona, Florida$47,060+3.0%
Detroit, Michigan$48,090+5.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$48,400+6.0%
Elmira, New York$46,140+1.0%
El Paso, Texas$38,930-14.8%
Erie, Pennsylvania$47,150+3.2%
Evansville, Indiana$45,330-0.8%
Flint, Michigan$40,740-10.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,910+4.9%
Fresno, California$43,110-5.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,680-4.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$40,600-11.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$45,110-1.2%
Houston, Texas$42,090-7.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$53,540+17.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$49,250+7.8%
Jackson, Michigan$46,900+2.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$42,440-7.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$42,170-7.7%
Kankakee, Illinois$43,740-4.2%
Killeen, Texas$39,260-14.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$55,290+21.0%
Lakeland, Florida$38,690-15.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$46,290+1.3%
Longview, Washington$55,800+22.2%
Los Angeles, California$48,320+5.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$48,330+5.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$39,740-13.0%
Miami, Florida$42,030-8.0%
Michigan City, Indiana$44,390-2.8%
Modesto, California$45,800+0.3%
Monroe, Michigan$44,370-2.9%
Mount Vernon, Washington$52,060+14.0%
Muskegon, Michigan$51,830+13.5%
New York, New York$50,460+10.5%
Niles, Michigan$42,690-6.5%
Sarasota, Florida$43,330-5.1%
Orlando, Florida$47,140+3.2%
Oxnard, California$47,440+3.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$41,020-10.2%
Peoria, Illinois$49,640+8.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$48,650+6.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$49,690+8.8%
Portland, Oregon$59,420+30.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$50,530+10.6%
Richmond, Virginia$47,960+5.0%
Riverside, California$45,340-0.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$48,060+5.2%
Rochester, New York$46,070+0.9%
Rockford, Illinois$46,130+1.0%
Sacramento, California$46,820+2.5%
Saginaw, Michigan$51,810+13.4%
San Antonio, Texas$42,040-8.0%
San Diego, California$49,410+8.2%
San Francisco, California$52,310+14.5%
San Jose, California$50,160+9.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$41,490-9.2%
Seattle, Washington$56,300+23.2%
South Bend, Indiana$45,180-1.1%
Spokane, Washington$50,090+9.7%
Staunton, Virginia$52,030+13.9%
Stockton, California$47,320+3.6%
Syracuse, New York$57,220+25.3%
Tampa, Florida$42,870-6.2%
Terre Haute, Indiana$44,780-2.0%
Traverse City, Michigan$46,300+1.4%
Tyler, Texas$45,940+0.6%
Utica, New York$57,880+26.7%
Vallejo, California$53,880+18.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$41,800-8.5%
Waco, Texas$44,470-2.6%
Yakima, Washington$48,240+5.6%
York, Pennsylvania$44,960-1.6%
Gross salary
45,680/yr
Estimated take-home
36,790/yr
Est. total withheld
19.5%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-4033 SOC code
Official area Lansing-East Lansing, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
East Lansing
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
470,434