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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR earns $51,160 a year, 10% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,441 a month.

10th percentile
$37,100
25th percentile
$45,760
Median percentile
$51,160
75th percentile
$58,530
90th percentile
$60,370

Based on 690 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

$41,292 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,160
Federal income tax−$3,959
Social Security + Medicare−$3,914
Arkansas income tax (approx.)−$1,995
Monthly take-home$3,441
Every two weeks$1,588

Does it go far here?

$56,003Median pay in Fayetteville, AR is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.4 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,157 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Fayetteville, AR

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$254,690
Marketing Managers$175,260
Financial Managers$147,410
Sales Managers$147,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers$141,940
Industrial Production Managers$136,410
Chief Executives$134,640
Nurse Practitioners$127,380

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