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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Boston, MA

The median molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $43,940 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,941 a month.

10th percentile
$36,900
25th percentile
$38,310
Median percentile
$43,940
75th percentile
$48,740
90th percentile
$61,180

Based on 1,690 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

$35,289 take-home a year
Gross pay$43,940
Federal income tax−$3,093
Social Security + Medicare−$3,361
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,197
Monthly take-home$2,941
Every two weeks$1,357

Does it go far here?

$40,585Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
69%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts