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Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Ohio

The median forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Ohio earns $56,870 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,859 a month.

10th percentile
$40,800
25th percentile
$49,130
Median percentile
$56,870
75th percentile
$60,660
90th percentile
$68,730

Based on 500 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

$46,311 take-home a year
Gross pay$56,870
Federal income tax−$4,644
Social Security + Medicare−$4,351
Ohio income tax (approx.)−$1,564
Monthly take-home$3,859
Every two weeks$1,781

Does it go far here?

$61,300Median pay in Ohio is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.8 vs 100).
27%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,034 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Ohio

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$554,220
Cardiologists$504,260
Anesthesiologists$490,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$377,480
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric$323,480
Physicians, Pathologists$309,480
Physicians, All Other$297,440
Radiologists$260,000

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