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

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in North Carolina earns $47,320 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,183 a month.

10th percentile
$37,360
25th percentile
$40,320
Median percentile
$47,320
75th percentile
$56,110
90th percentile
$67,660

Based on 3,200 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

$38,191 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,320
Federal income tax−$3,498
Social Security + Medicare−$3,620
North Carolina income tax (approx.)−$2,011
Monthly take-home$3,183
Every two weeks$1,469

Does it go far here?

$50,166Median pay in North Carolina is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.3 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,228 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in North Carolina

JobMedian pay
Dermatologists$367,350
Emergency Medicine Physicians$339,350
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric$323,630
Chief Executives$314,290
General Internal Medicine Physicians$289,780
Physicians, All Other$260,330
Anesthesiologists$239,200
Nurse Anesthetists$224,610

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