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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Jersey earns $45,680 a year, 1% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,050 a month.

10th percentile
$36,700
25th percentile
$40,130
Median percentile
$45,680
75th percentile
$51,800
90th percentile
$60,950

Based on 1,950 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

$36,600 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,680
Federal income tax−$3,302
Social Security + Medicare−$3,495
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$2,284
Monthly take-home$3,050
Every two weeks$1,408

Does it go far here?

$41,983Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
56%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

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