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

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Pittsburgh, PA earns $40,170 a year, 18% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,769 a month.

10th percentile
$35,000
25th percentile
$37,630
Median percentile
$40,170
75th percentile
$46,370
90th percentile
$50,000

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

$33,223 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,170
Federal income tax−$2,640
Social Security + Medicare−$3,073
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,233
Monthly take-home$2,769
Every two weeks$1,278

Does it go far here?

$42,431Median pay in Pittsburgh, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,053 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$275,930
Nurse Anesthetists$223,570
Chief Executives$216,060
Physicians, All Other$187,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,720
Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,090
Dentists, General$155,250
Database Architects$152,800

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