Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Salary in the US
A tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners earns a national median of $50,060 a year (mean $53,240) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #552 of 825.
How much does a tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners earn in the US?
A tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners in the United States earns a median of $50,060 a year (mean $53,240), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 2% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 5,600 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-4194), ranked #552 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$50,060
per year
Mean
$53,240
per year
Employment
5,600
US workers
National rank
#552
of 825 by median
What a tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners (SOC 51-4194) earns a median annual wage of $50,060 and a mean (average) of $53,240. The median is the midpoint — half of tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners earn more and half earn less — and is 2% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners is $50,060, and the mean (average) is $53,240. The median is the midpoint — half of tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners earn more and half earn less.
- How does tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners pay compare to the US average?
- At $50,060, a tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners earns 2% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 5,600 tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners employed nationally (SOC 51-4194), across all industries.
- Where does this tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-4194. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-4194 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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