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

The median lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $50,870 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,363 a month.

10th percentile
$38,310
25th percentile
$45,070
Median percentile
$50,870
75th percentile
$62,300
90th percentile
$69,100

Based on 80 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

$40,358 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,870
Federal income tax−$3,924
Social Security + Medicare−$3,892
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,696
Monthly take-home$3,363
Every two weeks$1,552

Does it go far here?

$52,477Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,139 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Milwaukee, WI

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$411,200
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,220
Financial Managers$156,100
Dentists, General$155,940
Pharmacists$153,340
Sales Managers$144,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,570

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