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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in New Mexico

The median molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in New Mexico earns $41,990 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,822 a month.

10th percentile
$33,110
25th percentile
$41,990
Median percentile
$41,990
75th percentile
$43,630
90th percentile
$49,200

Based on 250 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

$33,861 take-home a year
Gross pay$41,990
Federal income tax−$2,859
Social Security + Medicare−$3,212
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$2,058
Monthly take-home$2,822
Every two weeks$1,302

Does it go far here?

$45,536Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,067 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Mexico

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$327,670
Family Medicine Physicians$228,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$215,120
Computer Hardware Engineers$165,350
Physicists$165,340
Nuclear Engineers$164,300
Engineers, All Other$162,070
Electrical Engineers$158,520

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