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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Kingsport, TN

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA earns $37,090 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,665 a month.

10th percentile
$27,150
25th percentile
$27,150
Median percentile
$37,090
75th percentile
$40,440
90th percentile
$43,980

Based on 40 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

$31,982 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,090
Federal income tax−$2,271
Social Security + Medicare−$2,837
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,665
Every two weeks$1,230

Does it go far here?

$42,905Median pay in Kingsport, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 86.4 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($849 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kingsport, TN

JobMedian pay
Financial Managers$132,280
General and Operations Managers$97,450
Project Management Specialists$87,290
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,820
Registered Nurses$76,730
Accountants and Auditors$75,940
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,390
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$69,610

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