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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Minnesota earns $49,770 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,232 a month.

10th percentile
$34,670
25th percentile
$42,850
Median percentile
$49,770
75th percentile
$60,130
90th percentile
$64,700

Based on 6,130 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

$38,786 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,770
Federal income tax−$3,792
Social Security + Medicare−$3,807
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$3,384
Monthly take-home$3,232
Every two weeks$1,492

Does it go far here?

$50,466Median pay in Minnesota is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
40%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,280 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minnesota

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$568,150
Anesthesiologists$496,510
Emergency Medicine Physicians$390,940
General Internal Medicine Physicians$373,700
Physicians, All Other$367,320
Physicians, Pathologists$362,270
Psychiatrists$336,410
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,910

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