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

The median extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Texas earns $45,890 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,254 a month.

10th percentile
$36,770
25th percentile
$40,760
Median percentile
$45,890
75th percentile
$50,050
90th percentile
$62,830

Based on 4,070 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

$39,053 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,890
Federal income tax−$3,327
Social Security + Medicare−$3,511
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,254
Every two weeks$1,502

Does it go far here?

$47,281Median pay in Texas is worth this at average US prices (local price level 97.1 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,403 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Texas

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$410,150
Neurologists$360,640
Physicians, Pathologists$345,830
Radiologists$319,320
Emergency Medicine Physicians$316,830
Dentists, All Other Specialists$286,510
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$271,960
Physicians, All Other$269,800

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