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Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Kentucky

The median milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Kentucky earns $66,440 a year, 26% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,409 a month.

10th percentile
$39,190
25th percentile
$55,880
Median percentile
$66,440
75th percentile
$68,670
90th percentile
$68,720

Based on 540 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

$52,907 take-home a year
Gross pay$66,440
Federal income tax−$5,793
Social Security + Medicare−$5,083
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,658
Monthly take-home$4,409
Every two weeks$2,035

Does it go far here?

$73,692Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
22%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kentucky

JobMedian pay
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Physicians, All Other$327,390
Family Medicine Physicians$248,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530
Nurse Anesthetists$222,520
Chief Executives$179,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$169,390

All milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky