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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Tennessee earns $54,930 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,860 a month.

10th percentile
$39,980
25th percentile
$45,110
Median percentile
$54,930
75th percentile
$56,280
90th percentile
$59,210

Based on 670 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

$46,316 take-home a year
Gross pay$54,930
Federal income tax−$4,412
Social Security + Medicare−$4,202
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,860
Every two weeks$1,781

Does it go far here?

$59,791Median pay in Tennessee is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.9 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,189 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Tennessee

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$610,080
Anesthesiologists$330,620
Physicians, All Other$301,290
General Internal Medicine Physicians$232,220
Family Medicine Physicians$226,830
Dentists, General$215,290
Nurse Anesthetists$211,450
Chief Executives$198,830

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