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

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $46,520 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,091 a month.

10th percentile
$34,220
25th percentile
$39,990
Median percentile
$46,520
75th percentile
$51,220
90th percentile
$62,050

Based on 420 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

$37,093 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,520
Federal income tax−$3,402
Social Security + Medicare−$3,559
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,466
Monthly take-home$3,091
Every two weeks$1,427

Does it go far here?

$47,990Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,139 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Milwaukee, WI

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$411,200
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,220
Financial Managers$156,100
Dentists, General$155,940
Pharmacists$153,340
Sales Managers$144,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,570

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