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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN earns $56,280 a year, 15% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,950 a month.

10th percentile
$54,980
25th percentile
$56,280
Median percentile
$56,280
75th percentile
$56,280
90th percentile
$56,710

Based on 240 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

$47,401 take-home a year
Gross pay$56,280
Federal income tax−$4,574
Social Security + Medicare−$4,305
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,950
Every two weeks$1,823

Does it go far here?

$58,419Median pay in Nashville, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,528 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Nashville, TN

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$295,640
Chief Executives$218,190
Dentists, General$215,290
Nurse Anesthetists$211,450
Family Medicine Physicians$211,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,720
Financial Managers$156,860

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