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

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ earns $48,140 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,305 a month.

10th percentile
$38,890
25th percentile
$45,710
Median percentile
$48,140
75th percentile
$48,140
90th percentile
$48,160

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

$39,657 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,140
Federal income tax−$3,597
Social Security + Medicare−$3,683
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,204
Monthly take-home$3,305
Every two weeks$1,525

Does it go far here?

$46,595Median pay in Phoenix, AZ is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.3 vs 100).
52%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,702 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Phoenix, AZ

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$341,680
Physicians, All Other$301,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$228,040
Dentists, General$194,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,310

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