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

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Mississippi earns $52,090 a year, 18% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,496 a month.

10th percentile
$43,670
25th percentile
$48,610
Median percentile
$52,090
75th percentile
$52,090
90th percentile
$57,200

Based on 60 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

$41,951 take-home a year
Gross pay$52,090
Federal income tax−$4,071
Social Security + Medicare−$3,985
Mississippi income tax (approx.)−$2,084
Monthly take-home$3,496
Every two weeks$1,613

Does it go far here?

$59,906Median pay in Mississippi is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.0 vs 100).
27%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($954 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Mississippi

JobMedian pay
Family Medicine Physicians$235,630
Dentists, General$143,660
Architectural and Engineering Managers$142,790
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$137,220
Pharmacists$133,230
Nurse Practitioners$124,730
Computer and Information Systems Managers$124,280
Industrial Production Managers$118,660

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