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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ earns $51,430 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,518 a month.

10th percentile
$39,740
25th percentile
$45,450
Median percentile
$51,430
75th percentile
$56,110
90th percentile
$73,920

Based on 120 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

$42,218 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,430
Federal income tax−$3,992
Social Security + Medicare−$3,934
Arizona income tax (approx.)−$1,286
Monthly take-home$3,518
Every two weeks$1,624

Does it go far here?

$49,779Median pay in Phoenix, AZ is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.3 vs 100).
48%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,702 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Phoenix, AZ

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$341,680
Physicians, All Other$301,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$259,320
Pediatricians, General$233,950
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$228,040
Dentists, General$194,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,720
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,310

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