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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $60,110 a year, 19% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,856 a month.

10th percentile
$44,360
25th percentile
$48,310
Median percentile
$60,110
75th percentile
$62,400
90th percentile
$77,520

Based on 1,280 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

$46,271 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,110
Federal income tax−$5,033
Social Security + Medicare−$4,598
California income tax (approx.)−$4,208
Monthly take-home$3,856
Every two weeks$1,780

Does it go far here?

$52,930Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
54%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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