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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $49,470 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,368 a month.

10th percentile
$39,870
25th percentile
$48,200
Median percentile
$49,470
75th percentile
$60,090
90th percentile
$68,730

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

$40,410 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,470
Federal income tax−$3,756
Social Security + Medicare−$3,784
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,519
Monthly take-home$3,368
Every two weeks$1,554

Does it go far here?

$48,238Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
44%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

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Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

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