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Grinder Setup Operator Salary
in Maryland, United States
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$59,513 (USD)
Average Salary
$29/hr
Average Hourly
$1,041
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Grinder Setup Operator is $59,513 a year and $29 an hour in Maryland, United States. The average salary range for a Grinder Setup Operator is between $43,087 and $71,356. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Maryland, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$66,849
5 Year Change:
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About Maryland, United States
Maryland Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware to its east, the Atlantic Ocean, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. With a total area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is the ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the 18th-most populous state and the fifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital is Annapolis, and the most populous city is Baltimore. Occasional nicknames include Old Line State, the Free State, and...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates and prepares grinding machines to grind threads on metal objects, such as screws, bolts, and micrometer spindles, and to grind internal and external surfaces of metal work pieces to specifications, following tooling instructions, standard charts, blueprints, and job orders, applying knowledge of grinding procedures.
- Reads blueprint and job order for product specifications, such as dimensions, tolerances, and number of parts to be ground, and tooling instructions, such as grinding speeds, feed rates, holding fixtures, and grinding wheel to be used.
- Mounts wheel on spindle, using wrenches.
- Dresses wheel to specifications, using dressing device.
- Sets machine controls to specified grinding speeds, feed rates, and angle of wheel.
- Positions and tightens cams and stops to control depth of cut and length of stroke.
- Lifts and positions work piece, manually or using hoist, and secures work piece on faceplate or magnetic chuck, in fixture or chuck, or directly to machine table.
- Starts machine and activates controls to feed wheel against work piece or vice versa, or engages automatic feeding device.
- Verifies dimensions of finished work piece for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as micrometers, calipers, preset gauges, load test equipment, thread measuring wires, and thread gauges.
- Changes worn grinding wheel, using wrenches.
- May place work piece in hopper or fixture of automatic feeding device.
- May grind nonmetallic materials.
- May be required to have experience with custom or production work or with specific type of machine, material, or product.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Grinder Setup Operator is $59,513 a year and $29 an hour in Maryland, United States. The average salary range for a Grinder Setup Operator is between $43,087 and $71,356. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Maryland, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Grinder Setup Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job family population: 73,800
Estimated population of Grinder Setup Operator jobs: 3,029
Rate of error: 1.2%
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About Maryland, United States
Maryland Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware to its east, the Atlantic Ocean, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. With a total area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is the ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the 18th-most populous state and the fifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital is Annapolis, and the most populous city is Baltimore. Occasional nicknames include Old Line State, the Free State, and...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates and prepares grinding machines to grind threads on metal objects, such as screws, bolts, and micrometer spindles, and to grind internal and external surfaces of metal work pieces to specifications, following tooling instructions, standard charts, blueprints, and job orders, applying knowledge of grinding procedures.
- Reads blueprint and job order for product specifications, such as dimensions, tolerances, and number of parts to be ground, and tooling instructions, such as grinding speeds, feed rates, holding fixtures, and grinding wheel to be used.
- Mounts wheel on spindle, using wrenches.
- Dresses wheel to specifications, using dressing device.
- Sets machine controls to specified grinding speeds, feed rates, and angle of wheel.
- Positions and tightens cams and stops to control depth of cut and length of stroke.
- Lifts and positions work piece, manually or using hoist, and secures work piece on faceplate or magnetic chuck, in fixture or chuck, or directly to machine table.
- Starts machine and activates controls to feed wheel against work piece or vice versa, or engages automatic feeding device.
- Verifies dimensions of finished work piece for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as micrometers, calipers, preset gauges, load test equipment, thread measuring wires, and thread gauges.
- Changes worn grinding wheel, using wrenches.
- May place work piece in hopper or fixture of automatic feeding device.
- May grind nonmetallic materials.
- May be required to have experience with custom or production work or with specific type of machine, material, or product.
Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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