Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners · SOC 51-4194

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpenerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 21 of 21 metro areas

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,390	170	0.1
2	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$75,630	50	0.3
3	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$64,350	30	0.1
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$62,890	30	0.0
5	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$62,790	40	0.0
6	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$62,300	Not published	Not published
7	Longview-Kelso, WA	$61,820	40	0.9
8	St. Louis, MO-IL	$61,550	100	0.1
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$60,760	220	0.2
10	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$55,100	30	0.0
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$53,340	30	0.0
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$51,690	50	0.1
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$50,120	50	0.0
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,580	110	0.0
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,760	Not published	Not published
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,580	290	0.0
17	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$44,170	40	0.0
18	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$44,050	70	0.0
19	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$43,470	150	0.3
20	Fort Smith, AR-OK	$38,410	30	0.4
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$33,830	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 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.