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Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Phoenix, AZ

The median forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ earns $48,730 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,343 a month.

10th percentile
$47,510
25th percentile
$47,530
Median percentile
$48,730
75th percentile
$58,520
90th percentile
$62,350

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

$40,116 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,730
Federal income tax−$3,668
Social Security + Medicare−$3,728
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,218
Monthly take-home$3,343
Every two weeks$1,543

Does it go far here?

$47,166Median pay in Phoenix, AZ is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.3 vs 100).
51%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,702 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Phoenix, AZ

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$341,680
Physicians, All Other$301,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$228,040
Dentists, General$194,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,310

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