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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $48,080 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,201 a month.

10th percentile
$39,380
25th percentile
$42,500
Median percentile
$48,080
75th percentile
$60,820
90th percentile
$65,520

Based on 1,290 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

$38,408 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,080
Federal income tax−$3,590
Social Security + Medicare−$3,678
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,404
Monthly take-home$3,201
Every two weeks$1,477

Does it go far here?

$44,409Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
63%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, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts