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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $48,650 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,224 a month.

10th percentile
$38,710
25th percentile
$44,000
Median percentile
$48,650
75th percentile
$58,600
90th percentile
$61,830

Based on 2,010 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

$38,692 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,650
Federal income tax−$3,658
Social Security + Medicare−$3,722
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,578
Monthly take-home$3,224
Every two weeks$1,488

Does it go far here?

$50,187Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,139 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Milwaukee, WI

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$411,200
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,220
Financial Managers$156,100
Dentists, General$155,940
Pharmacists$153,340
Sales Managers$144,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,570

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