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

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California earns $49,080 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,182 a month.

10th percentile
$37,520
25th percentile
$45,330
Median percentile
$49,080
75th percentile
$56,870
90th percentile
$66,250

Based on 690 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

$38,180 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,080
Federal income tax−$3,710
Social Security + Medicare−$3,755
California income tax (approx.)−$3,436
Monthly take-home$3,182
Every two weeks$1,468

Does it go far here?

$44,328Median pay in California is worth this at average US prices (local price level 110.7 vs 100).
64%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,036 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in California

JobMedian pay
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$400,150
Neurologists$357,080
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$353,900
Psychiatrists$353,500
General Internal Medicine Physicians$313,890
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$301,240
Nurse Anesthetists$292,410
Physicians, All Other$281,590

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