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

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN earns $40,040 a year, 9% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,763 a month.

10th percentile
$33,830
25th percentile
$37,630
Median percentile
$40,040
75th percentile
$48,120
90th percentile
$62,120

Based on 200 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

$33,151 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,040
Federal income tax−$2,625
Social Security + Medicare−$3,063
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,201
Monthly take-home$2,763
Every two weeks$1,275

Does it go far here?

$41,841Median pay in Indianapolis, IN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 95.7 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,191 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indianapolis, IN

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$374,730
Physicians, All Other$364,040
General Internal Medicine Physicians$289,470
Family Medicine Physicians$287,130
Chief Executives$256,320
Pediatricians, General$170,020
Dentists, General$166,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,640

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