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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earns $49,000 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,218 a month.

10th percentile
$35,010
25th percentile
$40,680
Median percentile
$49,000
75th percentile
$50,190
90th percentile
$57,360

Based on 150 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

$38,612 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,000
Federal income tax−$3,700
Social Security + Medicare−$3,749
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$2,940
Monthly take-home$3,218
Every two weeks$1,485

Does it go far here?

$46,896Median pay in Baltimore, MD is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.5 vs 100).
50%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,611 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Baltimore, MD

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$322,890
Family Medicine Physicians$307,400
Chief Executives$268,030
Physicians, All Other$218,770
Dentists, General$172,110
Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,350
Aerospace Engineers$166,980

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