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

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Massachusetts earns $48,230 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,210 a month.

10th percentile
$37,870
25th percentile
$44,810
Median percentile
$48,230
75th percentile
$59,810
90th percentile
$63,710

Based on 1,390 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

$38,521 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,230
Federal income tax−$3,608
Social Security + Medicare−$3,690
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,412
Monthly take-home$3,210
Every two weeks$1,482

Does it go far here?

$45,605Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
55%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

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