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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ earns $46,640 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,207 a month.

10th percentile
$37,830
25th percentile
$39,780
Median percentile
$46,640
75th percentile
$51,240
90th percentile
$62,550

Based on 910 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

$38,489 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,640
Federal income tax−$3,417
Social Security + Medicare−$3,568
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,166
Monthly take-home$3,207
Every two weeks$1,480

Does it go far here?

$45,143Median pay in Phoenix, AZ is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.3 vs 100).
53%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,702 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Phoenix, AZ

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$341,680
Physicians, All Other$301,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$228,040
Dentists, General$194,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,310

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