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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in New Mexico

The median cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in New Mexico earns $32,770 a year, 30% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,242 a month.

10th percentile
$32,770
25th percentile
$32,770
Median percentile
$32,770
75th percentile
$39,840
90th percentile
$45,100

Based on 200 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

$26,905 take-home a year
Gross pay$32,770
Federal income tax−$1,752
Social Security + Medicare−$2,507
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$1,606
Monthly take-home$2,242
Every two weeks$1,035

Does it go far here?

$35,538Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
48%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,067 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Mexico

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$327,670
Family Medicine Physicians$228,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$215,120
Computer Hardware Engineers$165,350
Physicists$165,340
Nuclear Engineers$164,300
Engineers, All Other$162,070
Electrical Engineers$158,520

All cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in New Mexico