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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in St. Joseph, MO

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in St. Joseph, MO-KS earns $35,630 a year, 25% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,428 a month.

10th percentile
$35,630
25th percentile
$35,630
Median percentile
$35,630
75th percentile
$45,940
90th percentile
$49,360

Based on 50 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

$29,134 take-home a year
Gross pay$35,630
Federal income tax−$2,096
Social Security + Medicare−$2,726
Missouri income tax (approx.)−$1,675
Monthly take-home$2,428
Every two weeks$1,121

Does it go far here?

$41,247Median pay in St. Joseph, MO is worth this at average US prices (local price level 86.4 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($895 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in St. Joseph, MO

JobMedian pay
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,370
Registered Nurses$77,240
General and Operations Managers$74,570
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$66,060
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,420
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$56,330
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$54,400
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$50,930

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