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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Staunton, VA

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA earns $55,790 a year, 17% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,662 a month.

10th percentile
$41,140
25th percentile
$45,200
Median percentile
$55,790
75th percentile
$61,510
90th percentile
$61,510

Based on 130 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

$43,939 take-home a year
Gross pay$55,790
Federal income tax−$4,515
Social Security + Medicare−$4,268
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$3,068
Monthly take-home$3,662
Every two weeks$1,690

Does it go far here?

$61,222Median pay in Staunton, VA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.1 vs 100).
29%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,068 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Staunton, VA

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$96,450
Registered Nurses$92,390
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,680
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,200
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,750
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$47,310
Office Clerks, General$43,630
Nursing Assistants$42,490

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