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

The median drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in South Carolina earns $52,040 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,406 a month.

10th percentile
$37,040
25th percentile
$47,370
Median percentile
$52,040
75th percentile
$68,410
90th percentile
$68,410

Based on 70 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

$40,872 take-home a year
Gross pay$52,040
Federal income tax−$4,065
Social Security + Medicare−$3,981
South Carolina income tax (approx.)−$3,122
Monthly take-home$3,406
Every two weeks$1,572

Does it go far here?

$55,510Median pay in South Carolina is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.7 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,180 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in South Carolina

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$359,500
Physicians, All Other$274,480
Nurse Anesthetists$265,480
Family Medicine Physicians$239,200
Anesthesiologists$238,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,040
Chief Executives$168,840
Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,860

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