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

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Kentucky earns $54,960 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,678 a month.

10th percentile
$38,790
25th percentile
$47,250
Median percentile
$54,960
75th percentile
$71,260
90th percentile
$80,330

Based on 5,510 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

$44,142 take-home a year
Gross pay$54,960
Federal income tax−$4,415
Social Security + Medicare−$4,204
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,198
Monthly take-home$3,678
Every two weeks$1,698

Does it go far here?

$60,959Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kentucky

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950
Anesthesiologists$347,960
Physicians, All Other$327,390
Family Medicine Physicians$248,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530
Nurse Anesthetists$222,520
Chief Executives$179,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$169,390

All multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Kentucky