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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Cleveland, TN earns $43,720 a year, 6% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,109 a month.

10th percentile
$32,150
25th percentile
$38,360
Median percentile
$43,720
75th percentile
$43,720
90th percentile
$52,280

Based on 70 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

$37,309 take-home a year
Gross pay$43,720
Federal income tax−$3,066
Social Security + Medicare−$3,345
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,109
Every two weeks$1,435

Does it go far here?

$49,637Median pay in Cleveland, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.1 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,006 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Cleveland, TN

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$92,800
Registered Nurses$72,800
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,190
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$49,250
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,110
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$38,580
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,460
Production Workers, All Other$38,010

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