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Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Los Angeles, CA

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

10th percentile
$37,460
25th percentile
$44,290
Median percentile
$49,080
75th percentile
$56,790
90th percentile
$78,790

Based on 400 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?

$43,217Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
65%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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