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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Boston, MA

The median coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $54,560 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,608 a month.

10th percentile
$37,820
25th percentile
$45,760
Median percentile
$54,560
75th percentile
$62,450
90th percentile
$77,920

Based on 1,490 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$43,291 take-home a year
Gross pay$54,560
Federal income tax−$4,367
Social Security + Medicare−$4,174
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,728
Monthly take-home$3,608
Every two weeks$1,665

Does it go far here?

$50,394Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
56%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts