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

The median lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Colorado earns $71,670 a year, 42% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,675 a month.

10th percentile
$56,230
25th percentile
$60,600
Median percentile
$71,670
75th percentile
$78,970
90th percentile
$91,160

Based on 150 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

$56,096 take-home a year
Gross pay$71,670
Federal income tax−$6,937
Social Security + Medicare−$5,483
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$3,153
Monthly take-home$4,675
Every two weeks$2,158

Does it go far here?

$69,547Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,490
Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

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