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

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dalton, GA earns $47,940 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,184 a month.

10th percentile
$40,000
25th percentile
$40,590
Median percentile
$47,940
75th percentile
$51,800
90th percentile
$59,630

Based on 120 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

$38,212 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,940
Federal income tax−$3,573
Social Security + Medicare−$3,667
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,488
Monthly take-home$3,184
Every two weeks$1,470

Does it go far here?

$53,359Median pay in Dalton, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 89.8 vs 100).
29%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($938 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dalton, GA

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$94,050
Registered Nurses$83,290
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$65,930
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,340
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$61,780
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$59,370
Industrial Machinery Mechanics$55,050
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$53,760

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