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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Georgia earns $44,050 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,941 a month.

10th percentile
$36,960
25th percentile
$40,710
Median percentile
$44,050
75th percentile
$51,320
90th percentile
$65,660

Based on 250 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

$35,288 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,050
Federal income tax−$3,106
Social Security + Medicare−$3,370
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,286
Monthly take-home$2,941
Every two weeks$1,357

Does it go far here?

$45,746Median pay in Georgia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,393 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Georgia

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Cardiologists$610,070
General Internal Medicine Physicians$425,460
Physicians, All Other$266,880
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Anesthesiologists$230,000
Nurse Anesthetists$224,630
Chief Executives$208,180

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