Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,718
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,552
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,262
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$50,270
Kept after tax
$41,718
Worth in national money
$41,262
State rank
21
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 21 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $50,270. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Arizona, this sits in the middle: 295 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $50,270, take-home of $41,718 is worth roughly $41,262 in national money. The average comes to $51,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 21 of 47 for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders at $50,270. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 295 of 491 occupations in Arizona by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, whose median is $50,270, the adjusted figure of $41,262 differs little from $41,718 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,100 |
| This salary | $50,270 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arizona | $41,718 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,572 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,548 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $49,207 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,081 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Arizona earn under $50,270 and half over. The published range runs $39,700 at the tenth percentile to $60,100 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $41,718, from $50,270, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 295 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,262, the adjusted value of that $50,270 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arizona. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 295 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,700 to $60,100; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,718 from $50,270. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 295 of 491 locally.
- This $41,262 adjusted figure, worked from $50,270, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 295 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 295 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,700 and the top tenth $60,100, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Arizona costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $41,262 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $41,718 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,700 to $60,100) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arizona rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $41,262 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $41,718 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.