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

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI earns $45,250 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,051 a month.

10th percentile
$37,430
25th percentile
$37,640
Median percentile
$45,250
75th percentile
$50,910
90th percentile
$61,930

Based on 600 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

$36,615 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,250
Federal income tax−$3,250
Social Security + Medicare−$3,462
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$1,923
Monthly take-home$3,051
Every two weeks$1,408

Does it go far here?

$45,116Median pay in Detroit, MI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.3 vs 100).
40%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,207 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Detroit, MI

JobMedian pay
Emergency Medicine Physicians$447,750
Chief Executives$304,110
Nurse Anesthetists$243,130
Pediatricians, General$218,000
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$209,550
Family Medicine Physicians$181,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers$170,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$168,550

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