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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in San Diego, CA

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA earns $47,520 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,086 a month.

10th percentile
$40,740
25th percentile
$44,260
Median percentile
$47,520
75th percentile
$56,780
90th percentile
$64,160

Based on 230 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

$37,036 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,520
Federal income tax−$3,522
Social Security + Medicare−$3,635
California income tax (approx.)−$3,326
Monthly take-home$3,086
Every two weeks$1,424

Does it go far here?

$42,471Median pay in San Diego, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.9 vs 100).
73%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,246 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Diego, CA

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$323,050
Family Medicine Physicians$295,530
Pediatricians, General$262,650
Chief Executives$238,440
Natural Sciences Managers$207,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$206,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers$202,810
Lawyers$178,220

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