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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · SOC 51-9021

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the Las Vegas Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

Figures describe the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Las Vegas city limits.

Median annual wage$47,090
Median hourly wage$22.64

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area earned a median of $47,090 per year ($22.64 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,480 at the 10th percentile to $61,250 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in the Las Vegas metro area earn more than $47,090 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,030 and $58,100.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,480$38,030$47,090$58,100$61,250
Hourly$17.54$18.29$22.64$27.94$29.45

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Las Vegas metro areathis metro area
    $47,090
  • Nevadastate (NV)
    $60,180
  • United Statesnational
    $48,540

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −22% vs Nevada overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,340$43,663$63,987$84,310San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,340Merced, CA — $36,820Savannah, GA — $36,930Tulsa, OK — $36,950Oklahoma City, OK — $37,810Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $38,730Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,820Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,910Cleveland, OH — $39,670Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $40,560Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $40,580Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,850Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $40,870Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $41,210Jonesboro, AR — $41,280Baton Rouge, LA — $41,600Birmingham, AL — $42,690Albuquerque, NM — $42,840Knoxville, TN — $42,990Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $43,220San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,220Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $43,700Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $43,770Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,820Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $43,930Stockton-Lodi, CA — $44,030Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,180Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $44,220Richmond, VA — $44,240Raleigh-Cary, NC — $44,290Canton-Massillon, OH — $44,370Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $44,450Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,500Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,580Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $44,680Gainesville, GA — $44,720Great Falls, MT — $45,440Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,560Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,840Modesto, CA — $46,000Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,110Toledo, OH — $46,230Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,260Fresno, CA — $46,270Greeley, CO — $46,430Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,530Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,770Lincoln, NE — $46,870Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,080Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,090Jackson, TN — $47,180Springfield, MA — $47,630Fort Wayne, IN — $47,790Joplin, MO-KS — $47,790Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,830Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,840Napa, CA — $47,860Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,230Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,290Columbia, SC — $48,400St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,450Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,530Columbus, OH — $48,860Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,020Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,160Bismarck, ND — $49,180Boulder, CO — $49,520Jacksonville, FL — $49,580Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,720Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,860Syracuse, NY — $49,920San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,260New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $50,400Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,600St. Joseph, MO-KS — $50,640Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $50,740Wichita, KS — $50,740St. Cloud, MN — $50,850Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $50,860San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,020Lancaster, PA — $51,140Worcester, MA — $51,320Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $51,750Terre Haute, IN — $51,880Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $52,730Pittsburgh, PA — $53,040Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $54,580Reading, PA — $54,890Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $55,090Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $55,160Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,560Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $55,920Fargo, ND-MN — $56,080Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $56,460Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,050Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $57,210Kansas City, MO-KS — $57,690Portland-South Portland, ME — $58,140Boise City, ID — $58,420Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $58,670Reno, NV — $58,820Rochester, NY — $59,130Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,160Evansville, IN — $59,290Salem, OR — $59,290New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,320Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,880Decatur, AL — $59,920Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,930Medford, OR — $61,830Ogden, UT — $61,860Omaha, NE-IA — $61,950Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $63,800Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $63,970Chambersburg, PA — $64,190Cedar Rapids, IA — $64,670Sandusky, OH — $65,240Corpus Christi, TX — $66,540Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $66,800Duluth, MN-WI — $84,310

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Las Vegas metro area has the 71st-highest published median for this occupation among the 120 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Nevada

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Las Vegas metro areathis page
    $47,090
  • Reno metro area
    $58,820

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,560Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,350Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,680First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,200Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,400Bakers$39,890

Highest-paying metro areas for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenderss · Highest-paying occupations in Las Vegas Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.