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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Baltimore, MD

The median lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earns $54,850 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,580 a month.

10th percentile
$40,000
25th percentile
$51,850
Median percentile
$54,850
75th percentile
$63,560
90th percentile
$79,410

Based on 50 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

$42,961 take-home a year
Gross pay$54,850
Federal income tax−$4,402
Social Security + Medicare−$4,196
Maryland income tax (approx.)−$3,291
Monthly take-home$3,580
Every two weeks$1,652

Does it go far here?

$52,495Median pay in Baltimore, MD is worth this at average US prices (local price level 104.5 vs 100).
45%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,611 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Baltimore, MD

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$322,890
Family Medicine Physicians$307,400
Chief Executives$268,030
Physicians, All Other$218,770
Dentists, General$172,110
Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers$167,350
Aerospace Engineers$166,980

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