Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,798
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$9,762
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,896
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — 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
$52,560
Kept after tax
$42,798
Worth in national money
$43,896
State rank
15
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Pennsylvania's middle earner gets $52,560, putting the state 15 of 47 — about 8.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 287 among 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $52,560, take-home of $42,798 is worth roughly $43,896 in national money. The average comes to $53,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, Pennsylvania sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $52,560, ranking 15 of 47 and running about 8.28% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 287 of 492 in Pennsylvania places crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, whose median is $52,560, the adjusted figure of $43,896 differs little from $42,798 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $53,660 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 | $42,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,080 |
| This salary | $52,560 |
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 Pennsylvania | $42,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,412 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,807 |
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 | $50,552 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,186 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,560 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,930 and the ninetieth is $66,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $42,798 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $52,560. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 287 of 492.
- Two cautions on $43,896, the adjusted value of that $52,560 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. 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 287 of 492 locally.
- The Pennsylvania median of $52,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,930 to $66,080. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $42,798, from $52,560, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 287 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 47 for it.
- This $43,896 adjusted figure, worked from $52,560, 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 287 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 287 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,930 at the bottom tenth to $66,080 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Pennsylvania is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,896 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Pennsylvania then takes its own share, leaving $42,798.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,930 to $66,080) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Pennsylvania rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $43,896 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $42,798 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania 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.