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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Kentucky earns $47,090 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,178 a month.

10th percentile
$37,150
25th percentile
$38,630
Median percentile
$47,090
75th percentile
$56,160
90th percentile
$63,660

Based on 340 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

$38,133 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,090
Federal income tax−$3,471
Social Security + Medicare−$3,602
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$1,884
Monthly take-home$3,178
Every two weeks$1,467

Does it go far here?

$52,230Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
30%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kentucky

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950
Anesthesiologists$347,960
Physicians, All Other$327,390
Family Medicine Physicians$248,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530
Nurse Anesthetists$222,520
Chief Executives$179,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$169,390

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