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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Knoxville, TN earns $40,940 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,923 a month.

10th percentile
$39,090
25th percentile
$40,940
Median percentile
$40,940
75th percentile
$57,700
90th percentile
$64,480

Based on 70 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

$35,075 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,940
Federal income tax−$2,733
Social Security + Medicare−$3,132
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,923
Every two weeks$1,349

Does it go far here?

$44,226Median pay in Knoxville, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.6 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,145 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Knoxville, TN

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$460,080
Physicians, All Other$276,370
Chief Executives$198,890
Architectural and Engineering Managers$162,950
Computer and Information Systems Managers$143,650
Financial Managers$133,570
Pharmacists$132,460
Human Resources Managers$132,200

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