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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Houston, TX

The median molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $45,650 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,238 a month.

10th percentile
$31,320
25th percentile
$35,850
Median percentile
$45,650
75th percentile
$56,990
90th percentile
$58,920

Based on 1,780 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

$38,860 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,650
Federal income tax−$3,298
Social Security + Medicare−$3,492
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,238
Every two weeks$1,495

Does it go far here?

$46,285Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
44%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
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Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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