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

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Jersey earns $51,180 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,395 a month.

10th percentile
$38,080
25th percentile
$43,770
Median percentile
$51,180
75th percentile
$61,140
90th percentile
$63,430

Based on 750 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

$40,744 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,180
Federal income tax−$3,962
Social Security + Medicare−$3,915
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$2,559
Monthly take-home$3,395
Every two weeks$1,567

Does it go far here?

$47,038Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
51%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

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