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Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Indianapolis, IN

The median forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN earns $57,740 a year, 18% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,903 a month.

10th percentile
$38,120
25th percentile
$41,590
Median percentile
$57,740
75th percentile
$57,810
90th percentile
$62,590

Based on 120 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

$46,842 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,740
Federal income tax−$4,749
Social Security + Medicare−$4,417
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,732
Monthly take-home$3,903
Every two weeks$1,802

Does it go far here?

$60,337Median pay in Indianapolis, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 95.7 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,191 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indianapolis, IN

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$374,730
Physicians, All Other$364,040
General Internal Medicine Physicians$289,470
Family Medicine Physicians$287,130
Chief Executives$256,320
Pediatricians, General$170,020
Dentists, General$166,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,640

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