Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-4033
Wage data not published: grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the Kingsport metro area
Figures describe the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Kingsport city limits.
BLS publishes this occupation for the area but suppressed its wage estimates in the May 2025 release (marker “*”). We show exactly what is published below — suppressed values are never estimated or filled in.
- Employment in this area
- 150
- Per 1,000 jobs
- 1.2
Where BLS does publish this occupation
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Tennessee (statewide)
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Memphis metro area
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Nashville-Davidson metro area
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Morristown metro area
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Clarksville metro area
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Knoxville metro area
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — national overview
- All published occupations in the Kingsport metro area
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.