How much do Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI?

Percentile spread

For Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $46,570 and the 90th percentile is $72,540. The difference is $25,970, which is 43.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,570 to the 75th at $62,480, covers $15,910.

The mean annual wage is $57,420, which sits below the median of $59,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI median is 23.5% higher than the national median of $48,540 for Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,824, which is 27.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.8% higher than the Wisconsin median of $54,580.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 96.937, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $61,824 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ranks 3rd of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI is 10 miles away, with a median of $54,580 and employment of 40. That median is 8.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,877, against $61,824 here.
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 80 miles away, with a median of $49,860 and employment of 450. That median is 16.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,130, against $61,824 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 109 miles away, with a median of $45,840 and employment of 160. That median is 23.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,977, against $61,824 here.