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

The median milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $60,140 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,943 a month.

10th percentile
$38,020
25th percentile
$46,170
Median percentile
$60,140
75th percentile
$63,740
90th percentile
$66,570

Based on 60 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

$47,315 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,140
Federal income tax−$5,037
Social Security + Medicare−$4,601
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$3,187
Monthly take-home$3,943
Every two weeks$1,820

Does it go far here?

$62,040Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
29%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 milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Wisconsin