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

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rochester, MN earns $52,830 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,420 a month.

10th percentile
$40,120
25th percentile
$45,740
Median percentile
$52,830
75th percentile
$57,440
90th percentile
$63,660

Based on 200 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

$41,036 take-home a year
Gross pay$52,830
Federal income tax−$4,160
Social Security + Medicare−$4,041
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$3,592
Monthly take-home$3,420
Every two weeks$1,578

Does it go far here?

$58,169Median pay in Rochester, MN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.8 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,276 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Rochester, MN

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$239,200
Software Developers$134,450
Medical and Health Services Managers$131,110
Nurse Practitioners$126,270
Management Analysts$108,560
Registered Nurses$101,660
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,530
General and Operations Managers$85,650

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