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

The median milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Jersey earns $50,530 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,355 a month.

10th percentile
$39,020
25th percentile
$46,510
Median percentile
$50,530
75th percentile
$57,460
90th percentile
$60,810

Based on 190 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

$40,254 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,530
Federal income tax−$3,884
Social Security + Medicare−$3,866
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$2,527
Monthly take-home$3,355
Every two weeks$1,548

Does it go far here?

$46,441Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
51%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

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