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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Jersey earns $49,640 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,299 a month.

10th percentile
$37,700
25th percentile
$38,780
Median percentile
$49,640
75th percentile
$58,110
90th percentile
$74,340

Based on 440 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

$39,584 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,640
Federal income tax−$3,777
Social Security + Medicare−$3,797
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$2,482
Monthly take-home$3,299
Every two weeks$1,522

Does it go far here?

$45,623Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
52%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

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