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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Boston, MA

The median cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $44,320 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,965 a month.

10th percentile
$38,190
25th percentile
$38,670
Median percentile
$44,320
75th percentile
$50,060
90th percentile
$57,780

Based on 590 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

$35,575 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,320
Federal income tax−$3,138
Social Security + Medicare−$3,390
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,216
Monthly take-home$2,965
Every two weeks$1,368

Does it go far here?

$40,936Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
68%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 cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts