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Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Dallas, TX

The median forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX earns $44,900 a year, 8% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,188 a month.

10th percentile
$37,380
25th percentile
$37,390
Median percentile
$44,900
75th percentile
$46,490
90th percentile
$65,280

Based on 180 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

$38,257 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,900
Federal income tax−$3,208
Social Security + Medicare−$3,435
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,188
Every two weeks$1,471

Does it go far here?

$43,554Median pay in Dallas, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
51%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,614 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dallas, TX

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$403,340
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,260
Chief Executives$320,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$276,520
Family Medicine Physicians$259,310
Physicians, All Other$222,410
Nurse Anesthetists$218,650
Anesthesiologists$218,060

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