Average Grinding And Polishing Workers, Hand Salary in Lynchburg, VA

BLS tracks 30 grinding and polishing workers, hand in Lynchburg, VA but does not publish a wage estimate for this occupation in this location. Below you'll find national context and peer states with reported wages.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Lynchburg, VA (metro area).

No annual salary published for this location. BLS does not publish an annual wage estimate for grinding and polishing workers, hand in Lynchburg, VA. This is common for occupations where most work is project-based, hourly, or on irregular schedules (actors, athletes, musicians, dancers). No wage figures were published at all for this location in the latest release.

Local employment

Workers tracked locally: 30
How common this job is here: 4.58×; More concentrated here than nationally — this metro area is unusually strong in this occupation.

Where grinding and polishing workers, hand earn the most per hour

Locations where BLS did publish hourly wage data for grinding and polishing workers, hand this release, ranked highest to lowest.

By hourly wage

Top-paying states

Vermont: $27.33/hr
Minnesota: $24.97/hr
Rhode Island: $24.82/hr
Montana: $24.26/hr
Virginia: $23.48/hr
Connecticut: $23.40/hr
Kansas: $23.28/hr
Maryland: $23.27/hr

By hourly wage

Top-paying metros

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC: $31.51/hr
St. Louis, MO-IL: $28.34/hr
Madison, WI: $27.00/hr
Kansas City, MO-KS: $25.78/hr
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: $25.43/hr
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN: $24.89/hr
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: $24.85/hr
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA: $24.82/hr

National job outlook

BLS publishes national employment projections for grinding and polishing workers, hand from 2024 to 2034. These projections are national and not broken down by state.

Projected growth: -21.2%; -2,500 net jobs over the projection period
Annual openings: 800; Includes growth plus replacements
Typical entry education: No formal educational credential

Related occupations

Other jobs in the same field. Many of these follow similar hourly or project-based pay patterns.