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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Arizona

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Arizona earns $46,610 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,205 a month.

10th percentile
$37,540
25th percentile
$39,780
Median percentile
$46,610
75th percentile
$51,240
90th percentile
$62,680

Based on 1,100 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

$38,466 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,610
Federal income tax−$3,413
Social Security + Medicare−$3,566
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,165
Monthly take-home$3,205
Every two weeks$1,479

Does it go far here?

$46,297Median pay in Arizona is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.7 vs 100).
48%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,543 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Arizona

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$312,490
Family Medicine Physicians$292,760
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$227,870
Dentists, General$194,180
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers$166,430

All cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Arizona