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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $46,810 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,043 a month.

10th percentile
$39,070
25th percentile
$40,970
Median percentile
$46,810
75th percentile
$58,380
90th percentile
$70,810

Based on 1,360 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

$36,515 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,810
Federal income tax−$3,437
Social Security + Medicare−$3,581
California income tax (approx.)−$3,277
Monthly take-home$3,043
Every two weeks$1,404

Does it go far here?

$41,218Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
68%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
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Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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