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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in St. Louis, MO

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in St. Louis, MO-IL earns $53,100 a year, 9% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,529 a month.

10th percentile
$28,600
25th percentile
$42,060
Median percentile
$53,100
75th percentile
$64,000
90th percentile
$65,040

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

$42,350 take-home a year
Gross pay$53,100
Federal income tax−$4,192
Social Security + Medicare−$4,062
Missouri income tax (approx.)−$2,496
Monthly take-home$3,529
Every two weeks$1,629

Does it go far here?

$55,843Median pay in St. Louis, MO is worth this at average US prices (local price level 95.1 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,113 a month, Census ACS).

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