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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA earns $42,630 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,930 a month.

10th percentile
$30,620
25th percentile
$35,580
Median percentile
$42,630
75th percentile
$54,640
90th percentile
$56,660

Based on 50 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

$35,154 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,630
Federal income tax−$2,936
Social Security + Medicare−$3,261
Louisiana income tax (approx.)−$1,279
Monthly take-home$2,930
Every two weeks$1,352

Does it go far here?

$50,092Median pay in Houma, LA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 85.1 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,014 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houma, LA

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$107,200
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels$103,780
Managers, All Other$102,130
Registered Nurses$75,740
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$68,620
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$67,400
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$65,030
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$62,260

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