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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in South Carolina

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in South Carolina earns $46,750 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,078 a month.

10th percentile
$37,550
25th percentile
$40,020
Median percentile
$46,750
75th percentile
$50,510
90th percentile
$58,140

Based on 290 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

$36,939 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,750
Federal income tax−$3,430
Social Security + Medicare−$3,576
South Carolina income tax (approx.)−$2,805
Monthly take-home$3,078
Every two weeks$1,421

Does it go far here?

$49,867Median pay in South Carolina is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.7 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,180 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in South Carolina

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$359,500
Physicians, All Other$274,480
Nurse Anesthetists$265,480
Family Medicine Physicians$239,200
Anesthesiologists$238,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers$169,040
Chief Executives$168,840
Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,860

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