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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Atlanta, GA

The median lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA earns $50,180 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,325 a month.

10th percentile
$42,830
25th percentile
$44,730
Median percentile
$50,180
75th percentile
$58,460
90th percentile
$59,690

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

$39,895 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,180
Federal income tax−$3,842
Social Security + Medicare−$3,839
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,604
Monthly take-home$3,325
Every two weeks$1,534

Does it go far here?

$50,151Median pay in Atlanta, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.1 vs 100).
50%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,672 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Atlanta, GA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Chief Executives$275,820
Physicians, All Other$275,080
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Cardiologists$239,200
Anesthesiologists$226,830
Dentists, General$222,690
Air Traffic Controllers$186,640

All lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Georgia