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

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Pittsburgh, PA earns $45,770 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,129 a month.

10th percentile
$36,210
25th percentile
$42,860
Median percentile
$45,770
75th percentile
$52,240
90th percentile
$61,000

Based on 1,500 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

$37,551 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,770
Federal income tax−$3,312
Social Security + Medicare−$3,501
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,405
Monthly take-home$3,129
Every two weeks$1,444

Does it go far here?

$48,346Median pay in Pittsburgh, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,053 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$275,930
Nurse Anesthetists$223,570
Chief Executives$216,060
Physicians, All Other$187,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers$161,720
Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,090
Dentists, General$155,250
Database Architects$152,800

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