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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Battle Creek, MI

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Battle Creek, MI earns $39,070 a year, 11% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,659 a month.

10th percentile
$34,690
25th percentile
$35,970
Median percentile
$39,070
75th percentile
$46,830
90th percentile
$56,550

Based on 90 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

$31,912 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,070
Federal income tax−$2,508
Social Security + Medicare−$2,989
Michigan income tax (approx.)−$1,660
Monthly take-home$2,659
Every two weeks$1,227

Does it go far here?

$43,152Median pay in Battle Creek, MI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.5 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($968 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Battle Creek, MI

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$97,950
Registered Nurses$97,520
Management Analysts$91,560
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$88,320
Industrial Machinery Mechanics$71,130
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$67,690
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$65,090
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$56,160

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