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

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Missouri earns $44,080 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,961 a month.

10th percentile
$31,100
25th percentile
$35,970
Median percentile
$44,080
75th percentile
$48,780
90th percentile
$53,910

Based on 150 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

$35,527 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,080
Federal income tax−$3,110
Social Security + Medicare−$3,372
Missouri income tax (approx.)−$2,072
Monthly take-home$2,961
Every two weeks$1,366

Does it go far here?

$48,537Median pay in Missouri is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.8 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,033 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Missouri

JobMedian pay
Nurse Anesthetists$242,630
Physicians, All Other$227,980
Pediatricians, General$223,910
Dentists, General$204,960
Athletes and Sports Competitors$172,700
Chief Executives$172,320
Family Medicine Physicians$171,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers$159,460

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