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

The median lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Wisconsin earns $51,020 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,373 a month.

10th percentile
$37,780
25th percentile
$44,980
Median percentile
$51,020
75th percentile
$60,440
90th percentile
$69,100

Based on 340 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

$40,471 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,020
Federal income tax−$3,942
Social Security + Medicare−$3,903
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,704
Monthly take-home$3,373
Every two weeks$1,557

Does it go far here?

$54,222Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,087 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wisconsin

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$443,990
Surgeons, All Other$416,000
Radiologists$392,610
Physicians, All Other$391,740
General Internal Medicine Physicians$367,160
Psychiatrists$331,070
Family Medicine Physicians$290,640
Nurse Anesthetists$273,170

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