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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Georgia earns $45,080 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,005 a month.

10th percentile
$35,400
25th percentile
$38,690
Median percentile
$45,080
75th percentile
$50,730
90th percentile
$63,740

Based on 5,260 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

$36,062 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,080
Federal income tax−$3,230
Social Security + Medicare−$3,449
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,340
Monthly take-home$3,005
Every two weeks$1,387

Does it go far here?

$46,815Median pay in Georgia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
46%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,393 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Georgia

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Cardiologists$610,070
General Internal Medicine Physicians$425,460
Physicians, All Other$266,880
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Anesthesiologists$230,000
Nurse Anesthetists$224,630
Chief Executives$208,180

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