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

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Massachusetts earns $46,150 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,080 a month.

10th percentile
$35,440
25th percentile
$37,820
Median percentile
$46,150
75th percentile
$50,130
90th percentile
$57,250

Based on 860 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

$36,954 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,150
Federal income tax−$3,358
Social Security + Medicare−$3,530
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,308
Monthly take-home$3,080
Every two weeks$1,421

Does it go far here?

$43,638Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
57%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

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