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

The median forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oregon earns $69,210 a year, 41% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,303 a month.

10th percentile
$52,180
25th percentile
$52,180
Median percentile
$69,210
75th percentile
$83,590
90th percentile
$89,420

Based on 30 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

$51,636 take-home a year
Gross pay$69,210
Federal income tax−$6,396
Social Security + Medicare−$5,295
Oregon income tax (approx.)−$5,883
Monthly take-home$4,303
Every two weeks$1,986

Does it go far here?

$66,959Median pay in Oregon is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.4 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,525 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Oregon

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$347,180
Chief Executives$341,630
Family Medicine Physicians$293,240
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Surgeons, All Other$239,200
Pediatricians, General$224,690
Dentists, General$211,690
Computer and Information Research Scientists$206,220

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