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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Maryland earns $47,320 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,114 a month.

10th percentile
$35,470
25th percentile
$39,420
Median percentile
$47,320
75th percentile
$50,780
90th percentile
$57,360

Based on 270 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

$37,362 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,320
Federal income tax−$3,498
Social Security + Medicare−$3,620
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$2,839
Monthly take-home$3,114
Every two weeks$1,437

Does it go far here?

$45,084Median pay in Maryland is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.0 vs 100).
55%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,705 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Maryland

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$451,620
Surgeons, All Other$328,700
Family Medicine Physicians$285,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$260,410
Chief Executives$248,660
Nurse Anesthetists$223,140
Physicians, All Other$212,080
Pediatricians, General$181,640

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