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

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Pittsburgh, PA earns $60,820 a year, 27% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,098 a month.

10th percentile
$42,010
25th percentile
$47,560
Median percentile
$60,820
75th percentile
$98,280
90th percentile
$98,290

Based on 520 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

$49,182 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,820
Federal income tax−$5,118
Social Security + Medicare−$4,653
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,867
Monthly take-home$4,098
Every two weeks$1,892

Does it go far here?

$64,244Median pay in Pittsburgh, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).
26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,053 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$275,930
Nurse Anesthetists$223,570
Chief Executives$216,060
Physicians, All Other$187,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,720
Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,090
Dentists, General$155,250
Database Architects$152,800

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