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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in California

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in California earns $45,880 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,986 a month.

10th percentile
$37,230
25th percentile
$39,920
Median percentile
$45,880
75th percentile
$50,140
90th percentile
$60,770

Based on 3,870 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

$35,833 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,880
Federal income tax−$3,326
Social Security + Medicare−$3,510
California income tax (approx.)−$3,212
Monthly take-home$2,986
Every two weeks$1,378

Does it go far here?

$41,438Median pay in California is worth this at average US prices (local price level 110.7 vs 100).
68%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,036 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in California

JobMedian pay
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$400,150
Neurologists$357,080
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$353,900
Psychiatrists$353,500
General Internal Medicine Physicians$313,890
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$301,240
Nurse Anesthetists$292,410
Physicians, All Other$281,590

All extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in California