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

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Massachusetts earns $77,780 a year, 58% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,972 a month.

10th percentile
$46,110
25th percentile
$58,460
Median percentile
$77,780
75th percentile
$80,710
90th percentile
$84,930

Based on 60 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

$59,659 take-home a year
Gross pay$77,780
Federal income tax−$8,282
Social Security + Medicare−$5,950
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,889
Monthly take-home$4,972
Every two weeks$2,295

Does it go far here?

$73,546Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

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