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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Texas earns $41,690 a year, 14% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,973 a month.

10th percentile
$24,440
25th percentile
$28,210
Median percentile
$41,690
75th percentile
$60,130
90th percentile
$76,160

Based on 1,450 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

$35,678 take-home a year
Gross pay$41,690
Federal income tax−$2,823
Social Security + Medicare−$3,189
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,973
Every two weeks$1,372

Does it go far here?

$42,954Median pay in Texas is worth this at average US prices (local price level 97.1 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,403 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Texas

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$410,150
Neurologists$360,640
Physicians, Pathologists$345,830
Radiologists$319,320
Emergency Medicine Physicians$316,830
Dentists, All Other Specialists$286,510
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$271,960
Physicians, All Other$269,800

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