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

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI earns $63,320 a year, 29% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,197 a month.

10th percentile
$39,240
25th percentile
$46,230
Median percentile
$63,320
75th percentile
$64,840
90th percentile
$75,360

Based on 80 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

$50,367 take-home a year
Gross pay$63,320
Federal income tax−$5,418
Social Security + Medicare−$4,844
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$2,691
Monthly take-home$4,197
Every two weeks$1,937

Does it go far here?

$63,132Median pay in Detroit, MI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.3 vs 100).
29%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,207 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Detroit, MI

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$447,750
Chief Executives$304,110
Nurse Anesthetists$243,130
Pediatricians, General$218,000
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$209,550
Family Medicine Physicians$181,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers$170,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$168,550

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