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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Iowa

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Iowa earns $70,910 a year, 61% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,668 a month.

10th percentile
$37,690
25th percentile
$45,930
Median percentile
$70,910
75th percentile
$70,910
90th percentile
$70,910

Based on 440 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

$56,021 take-home a year
Gross pay$70,910
Federal income tax−$6,770
Social Security + Medicare−$5,425
Iowa income tax (approx.)−$2,695
Monthly take-home$4,668
Every two weeks$2,155

Does it go far here?

$80,798Median pay in Iowa is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.8 vs 100).
21%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($972 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Iowa

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$295,190
Family Medicine Physicians$265,200
Chief Executives$211,190
Dentists, General$181,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers$147,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers$143,780
Pharmacists$138,860
Physician Assistants$134,770

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