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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Lynchburg, VA earns $48,100 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,182 a month.

10th percentile: $39,840
25th percentile: $40,390
Median percentile: $48,100
75th percentile: $58,420
90th percentile: $78,290

Based on 170 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

$38,183 take-home a year

Gross pay	$48,100
Federal income tax	−$3,592
Social Security + Medicare	−$3,680
Virginia income tax (approx.)	−$2,646
Monthly take-home	$3,182
Every two weeks	$1,469

Does it go far here?

$53,825Median pay in Lynchburg, VA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 89.4 vs 100).

31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($991 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Lynchburg, VA

Job	Median pay
Software Developers	$109,840
General and Operations Managers	$95,040
Project Management Specialists	$94,690
Registered Nurses	$80,450
Accountants and Auditors	$78,990
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$73,860
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$65,380
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$62,560

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