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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Columbus, IN

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Columbus, IN earns $38,280 a year, 13% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,649 a month.

10th percentile
$38,280
25th percentile
$38,280
Median percentile
$38,280
75th percentile
$38,280
90th percentile
$38,290

Based on 240 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

$31,790 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,280
Federal income tax−$2,414
Social Security + Medicare−$2,928
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,148
Monthly take-home$2,649
Every two weeks$1,223

Does it go far here?

$41,160Median pay in Columbus, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.0 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,127 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Columbus, IN

JobMedian pay
Mechanical Engineers$127,700
General and Operations Managers$112,760
Industrial Engineers$97,480
Registered Nurses$77,030
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,640
Machinists$61,230
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$58,450
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,350

All plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Indiana