Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand · SOC 51-9022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hands

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for grinding and polishing workers, hand. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 52 metro areas

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$65,540	130	0.2
2	St. Louis, MO-IL	$58,950	70	0.1
3	Madison, WI	$56,160	60	0.1
4	Kansas City, MO-KS	$53,620	60	0.1
5	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$52,890	60	0.0
6	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$51,770	90	0.1
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$51,680	100	0.1
8	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$51,630	140	0.2
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$51,310	60	0.0
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$51,000	450	0.0
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$48,980	120	0.1
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$48,670	110	0.2
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,220	80	0.0
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$47,840	70	0.1
15	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$47,690	Not published	Not published
16	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$46,960	280	0.1
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$46,550	100	0.0
18	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$46,300	90	0.0
19	Columbia, SC	$45,710	40	0.1
20	Port St. Lucie, FL	$45,360	40	0.3
21	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$45,310	60	0.1
22	Modesto, CA	$45,110	40	0.2
23	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$45,070	40	0.1
24	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$44,940	100	0.1
25	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$44,740	60	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.