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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Boston, MA

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $49,150 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,268 a month.

10th percentile
$37,870
25th percentile
$45,480
Median percentile
$49,150
75th percentile
$60,320
90th percentile
$65,420

Based on 650 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

$39,215 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,150
Federal income tax−$3,718
Social Security + Medicare−$3,760
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,458
Monthly take-home$3,268
Every two weeks$1,508

Does it go far here?

$45,397Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
62%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 multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts