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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Dallas, TX

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX earns $39,420 a year, 10% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,821 a month.

10th percentile
$27,090
25th percentile
$34,440
Median percentile
$39,420
75th percentile
$46,910
90th percentile
$50,170

Based on 540 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

$33,854 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,420
Federal income tax−$2,550
Social Security + Medicare−$3,016
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,821
Every two weeks$1,302

Does it go far here?

$38,238Median pay in Dallas, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
57%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,614 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dallas, TX

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$403,340
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,260
Chief Executives$320,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$276,520
Family Medicine Physicians$259,310
Physicians, All Other$222,410
Nurse Anesthetists$218,650
Anesthesiologists$218,060

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