The role of Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is to set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $46,390 and $22 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 26,210 employees were employed in the Occupation.