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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $48,640 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,155 a month.

10th percentile
$38,060
25th percentile
$44,270
Median percentile
$48,640
75th percentile
$59,480
90th percentile
$69,190

Based on 3,490 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

$37,857 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,640
Federal income tax−$3,657
Social Security + Medicare−$3,721
California income tax (approx.)−$3,405
Monthly take-home$3,155
Every two weeks$1,456

Does it go far here?

$42,830Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
65%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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