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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Columbus, IN

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Columbus, IN earns $34,650 a year, 29% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,415 a month.

10th percentile
$32,090
25th percentile
$34,210
Median percentile
$34,650
75th percentile
$43,850
90th percentile
$57,240

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

$28,982 take-home a year
Gross pay$34,650
Federal income tax−$1,978
Social Security + Medicare−$2,651
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,040
Monthly take-home$2,415
Every two weeks$1,115

Does it go far here?

$37,257Median pay in Columbus, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.0 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,127 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Columbus, IN

JobMedian pay
Mechanical Engineers$127,700
General and Operations Managers$112,760
Industrial Engineers$97,480
Registered Nurses$77,030
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,640
Machinists$61,230
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$58,450
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,350

All heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Indiana