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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN earns $46,740 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,194 a month.

10th percentile
$37,700
25th percentile
$39,970
Median percentile
$46,740
75th percentile
$50,860
90th percentile
$59,620

Based on 1,550 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

$38,333 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,740
Federal income tax−$3,429
Social Security + Medicare−$3,576
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,402
Monthly take-home$3,194
Every two weeks$1,474

Does it go far here?

$48,842Median pay in Indianapolis, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 95.7 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,191 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indianapolis, IN

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$374,730
Physicians, All Other$364,040
General Internal Medicine Physicians$289,470
Family Medicine Physicians$287,130
Chief Executives$256,320
Pediatricians, General$170,020
Dentists, General$166,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,640

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