Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand Career

The role of Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand is to grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects. Includes chippers, buffers, and finishers..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $41,490 and $20 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 12,290 employees were employed in the Occupation.

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The following 20 occupations are related to Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand.

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Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	58,040	$58,500	$28
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	9,170	$47,350	$23
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	179K	$44,260	$21
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	19,560	$48,850	$23
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	11,780	$45,130	$22
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	6,660	$48,520	$23
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders	4,630	$36,570	$18
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	43,570	$40,120	$19
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	7,220	$39,260	$19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	10,700	$44,050	$21
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	38,480	$44,710	$22
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Vocational Programs for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand Career

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$41,490

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