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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in San Diego, CA

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA earns $59,530 a year, 22% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,820 a month.

10th percentile
$47,360
25th percentile
$49,720
Median percentile
$59,530
75th percentile
$70,300
90th percentile
$70,300

Based on 60 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

$45,845 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,530
Federal income tax−$4,964
Social Security + Medicare−$4,554
California income tax (approx.)−$4,167
Monthly take-home$3,820
Every two weeks$1,763

Does it go far here?

$53,205Median pay in San Diego, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.9 vs 100).
59%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,246 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Diego, CA

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$323,050
Family Medicine Physicians$295,530
Pediatricians, General$262,650
Chief Executives$238,440
Natural Sciences Managers$207,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$206,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers$202,810
Lawyers$178,220

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