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Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Atlanta, GA

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA earns $46,270 a year, 6% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,080 a month.

10th percentile
$38,730
25th percentile
$46,270
Median percentile
$46,270
75th percentile
$57,960
90th percentile
$60,030

Based on 50 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

$36,957 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,270
Federal income tax−$3,372
Social Security + Medicare−$3,540
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,401
Monthly take-home$3,080
Every two weeks$1,421

Does it go far here?

$46,243Median pay in Atlanta, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.1 vs 100).
54%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,672 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Atlanta, GA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Chief Executives$275,820
Physicians, All Other$275,080
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Cardiologists$239,200
Anesthesiologists$226,830
Dentists, General$222,690
Air Traffic Controllers$186,640

All drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Georgia