Connecticut was 4.4% above the U.S. median for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It ranked 9 of 49 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Connecticut was 103.6, or 3.6% above the national price level. Its housing index was 117.
National-price-dollar proxy
$46,897
WageScope divides the published Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Connecticut: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 51-4033 and BLS area 09.
Questions, answered
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Connecticut: common questions
What is the median wage for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Connecticut?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $48,590 per year for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Connecticut. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay higher in Connecticut than nationally?
Connecticut's published median was 4.4% above the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Connecticut?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 103.6 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
From market data to your evidence
Tailor for a real Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic job, not a generic wage number.
Pick an eligible listing, then MeritLog can help you prepare from experience you have confirmed. WageScope never turns a BLS estimate into a qualification or résumé claim.
What the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median says in Connecticut
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median in Connecticut at $48,590 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-4033 and BLS area 09.
BLS lists 1,530 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $49,690 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Connecticut's Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is 4.4% above the U.S. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,550 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
Exact source record
Read source key 51-4033 with area 09
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4033 and area 09. SOC 51-4033 names Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Area 09 names Connecticut. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4033/09 row reports 1,530 wage and salary jobs, 0.9 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 2.09 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-4033/09, the annual median is $48,590 per year, while the matching mean is $49,690 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
51-4033/09 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
Place source check
BLS area 09 facts behind this Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic page
Area 09 reports 1,696,170 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $77,420. Its annual median is $59,690. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-4033 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Connecticut runs from $35,450 at the 10th percentile to $135,790 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $40,390. The median is $59,690. The 75th percentile is $95,110. This is a place check, not a pay range for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 09. They do not show related skills or a path into Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
1. Area 09, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 49,510 jobs, $38,990 annual median, 29.19 jobs per 1,000, and 1.05 location quotient.
2. Area 09, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 42,410 jobs, $36,490 annual median, 25.01 jobs per 1,000, and 1 location quotient.
3. Area 09, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 40,110 jobs, $102,740 annual median, 23.65 jobs per 1,000, and 1.09 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Connecticut wage ladder for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The 10th percentile is $36,470 per year. The 25th percentile is $39,080 per year. The median is $48,590 per year. The 75th percentile is $58,720 per year. The 90th percentile is $63,510 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $39,080 per year to $58,720 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $27,040. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Same-source checks
Compare Connecticut with its state and the U.S.
Connecticut has a annual median of $48,590 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $46,550 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Connecticut. Connecticut is 4.4% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Like-for-like rank
Where Connecticut sits for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Connecticut ranks 9 of 49 among states and territories with a published annual median for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 9 of 49 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
6. Washington has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,300 per year, 1,870 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.22.
7. New York has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,290 per year, 2,410 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.58.
8. Kentucky has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,160 per year, 850 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.99.
Pay leaders
Where Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4033, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Oregon has the highest published median in this set, at $57,290 per year. Connecticut sits at $48,590 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Oregon has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $57,290 per year, or $8,700 above Connecticut. BLS lists 1,180 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 1.4.
2. Minnesota has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $51,780 per year, or $3,190 above Connecticut. BLS lists 1,400 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 1.1.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in this same-source set, at 7,800 jobs. Connecticut has 1,530. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. California has 7,800 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 6,270 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $45,890 per year, or $2,700 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 0.99.
2. Ohio has 5,960 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 4,430 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $45,270 per year, or $3,320 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 2.49.
Local-share leaders
Where Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic takes the largest share of local jobs
Indiana has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 3.02. Connecticut has 2.09. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Indiana has a location quotient of 3.02, a gap of 0.93 from Connecticut. BLS lists 4,170 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $47,310 per year, or $1,280 below Connecticut.
2. Wisconsin has a location quotient of 2.82, a gap of 0.73 from Connecticut. BLS lists 3,570 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $47,330 per year, or $1,260 below Connecticut.
Job scale and share
How common Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in Connecticut
BLS lists 1,530 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs in Connecticut. It also lists 0.9 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 2.09. A value of 1 means Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Local job mix
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic beside other roles in Connecticut
The all-occupations median in Connecticut is $59,690 per year. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $48,590 per year. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is 18.6% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Connecticut. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Connecticut median of $48,280 per year. BLS lists 23,190 jobs and a location quotient of 0.86.
2. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Connecticut median of $48,090 per year. BLS lists 24,490 jobs and a location quotient of 0.86.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Connecticut
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Connecticut table, at 49,510 jobs. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 1,530 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 1,696,170. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 49,510 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 47,980 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $38,990 per year, or $9,600 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.05.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Connecticut
Financial Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Connecticut role table, at $174,830 per year. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has $48,590 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $59,690 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Financial Managers has a median of $174,830 per year in Connecticut, or $126,240 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 20,040 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 2.18.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $137,220 per year in Connecticut, or $88,630 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 39,070 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.02.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Connecticut
Financial Managers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Connecticut role table, at 2.18. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 2.09. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Financial Managers has a location quotient of 2.18 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.09 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 20,040 jobs and a median of $174,830 per year, or $126,240 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
2. Childcare Workers has a location quotient of 2.12 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.03 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 12,020 jobs and a median of $36,660 per year, or $11,930 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Price-level view
What $48,590 may mean after the Connecticut price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Connecticut is 103.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 3.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $48,590 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by 103.6 divided by 100. The result is $46,897 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 117.0. Goods are 97.3. Utilities are 146.5. Other services are 102.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
Data care
How much care to use with the Connecticut row
The employment RSE for this Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row is 8.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.9%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 1,530 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $49,690 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Job and résumé path
Use Connecticut wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It uses a Connecticut place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $48,590 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
Limits
What the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row for Connecticut does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 1,530 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 2.09 is not a growth score. Rank 9 of 49 is not a place score. The 103.6 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-4033 in BLS area 09. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
How many Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs does BLS estimate in Connecticut?
BLS published an employment estimate of 1,530 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 09, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 39,070 jobs, $137,220 annual median, 23.03 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
5. Area 09, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 35,720 jobs, $35,380 annual median, 21.06 jobs per 1,000, and 0.85 location quotient.
6. Area 09, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 35,490 jobs, $40,590 annual median, 20.92 jobs per 1,000, and 1.15 location quotient.
10. Nebraska has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,500 per year, 300 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.67.
11. South Carolina has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,040 per year, 1,730 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.74.
12. North Carolina has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,770 per year, 1,610 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.76.
3. Massachusetts has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $50,910 per year, or $2,320 above Connecticut. BLS lists 2,420 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 1.54.
4. Vermont has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $50,640 per year, or $2,050 above Connecticut. BLS lists 300 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 2.27.
5. West Virginia has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,950 per year, or $1,360 above Connecticut. BLS lists 200 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 0.68.
6. Washington has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,300 per year, or $710 above Connecticut. BLS lists 1,870 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 1.22.
7. New York has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,290 per year, or $700 above Connecticut. BLS lists 2,410 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 0.58.
8. Kentucky has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,160 per year, or $570 above Connecticut. BLS lists 850 jobs there, compared with 1,530 in Connecticut. The location quotient is 0.99.
3. Michigan has 4,180 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,650 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $45,460 per year, or $3,130 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 2.2.
4. Indiana has 4,170 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,640 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $47,310 per year, or $1,280 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 3.02.
5. Illinois has 4,100 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,570 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $46,180 per year, or $2,410 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 1.56.
6. Pennsylvania has 3,830 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,300 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $47,650 per year, or $940 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 1.47.
7. Wisconsin has 3,570 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,040 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $47,330 per year, or $1,260 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 2.82.
8. Texas has 2,960 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 1,430 jobs from Connecticut. Its median is $42,250 per year, or $6,340 below Connecticut. Its location quotient is 0.49.
3. Ohio has a location quotient of 2.49, a gap of 0.40 from Connecticut. BLS lists 5,960 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $45,270 per year, or $3,320 below Connecticut.
4. Vermont has a location quotient of 2.27, a gap of 0.18 from Connecticut. BLS lists 300 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $50,640 per year, or $2,050 above Connecticut.
5. Michigan has a location quotient of 2.2, a gap of 0.11 from Connecticut. BLS lists 4,180 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $45,460 per year, or $3,130 below Connecticut.
6. Connecticut has a location quotient of 2.09, a gap of 0.00 from Connecticut. BLS lists 1,530 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $48,590 per year, or $0 above Connecticut.
7. New Hampshire has a location quotient of 2.03, a gap of 0.06 from Connecticut. BLS lists 600 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $46,580 per year, or $2,010 below Connecticut.
8. South Carolina has a location quotient of 1.74, a gap of 0.35 from Connecticut. BLS lists 1,730 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $48,040 per year, or $550 below Connecticut.
3. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers, SOC 37-3011, has a Connecticut median of $45,740 per year. BLS lists 13,490 jobs and a location quotient of 1.3.
4. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Connecticut median of $44,790 per year. BLS lists 21,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.35.
5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Connecticut median of $43,640 per year. BLS lists 23,970 jobs and a location quotient of 0.74.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Connecticut median of $56,510 per year. BLS lists 13,910 jobs and a location quotient of 1.14.
7. Receptionists and Information Clerks, SOC 43-4171, has a Connecticut median of $40,630 per year. BLS lists 14,980 jobs and a location quotient of 1.51.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Connecticut median of $40,590 per year. BLS lists 35,490 jobs and a location quotient of 1.15.
2. Retail Salespersons has 42,410 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 40,880 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $36,490 per year, or $12,100 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.
3. Registered Nurses has 40,110 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 38,580 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $102,740 per year, or $54,150 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.09.
4. General and Operations Managers has 39,070 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 37,540 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $137,220 per year, or $88,630 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.02.
5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 35,720 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 34,190 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $35,380 per year, or $13,210 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.85.
6. Stockers and Order Fillers has 35,490 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 33,960 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $40,590 per year, or $8,000 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.15.
7. Cashiers has 30,920 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 29,390 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $35,550 per year, or $13,040 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.92.
8. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 28,740 jobs in Connecticut, a gap of 27,210 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $37,960 per year, or $10,630 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.19.
3. Software Developers has a median of $134,120 per year in Connecticut, or $85,530 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 13,660 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.74.
4. Registered Nurses has a median of $102,740 per year in Connecticut, or $54,150 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 40,110 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.09.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $97,550 per year in Connecticut, or $48,960 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 16,770 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.06.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $80,970 per year in Connecticut, or $32,380 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 14,800 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.27.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $80,600 per year in Connecticut, or $32,010 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 16,330 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.08.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $78,200 per year in Connecticut, or $29,610 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 24,420 jobs, compared with 1,530 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.56.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.56 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.53 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 24,420 jobs and a median of $78,200 per year, or $29,610 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
4. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.51 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.58 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 14,980 jobs and a median of $40,630 per year, or $7,960 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
5. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.35 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.74 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 21,380 jobs and a median of $44,790 per year, or $3,800 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
6. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 1.3 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.79 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 13,490 jobs and a median of $45,740 per year, or $2,850 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
7. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.27 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.82 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 14,800 jobs and a median of $80,970 per year, or $32,380 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
8. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.27 in Connecticut, a gap of 0.82 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 19,740 jobs and a median of $38,110 per year, or $10,480 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Connecticut (51-4033/09) | BLS 2025
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