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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Pittsburgh, PA

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Pittsburgh, PA earns $44,590 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,053 a month.

10th percentile
$35,980
25th percentile
$37,240
Median percentile
$44,590
75th percentile
$54,260
90th percentile
$60,650

Based on 460 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

$36,639 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,590
Federal income tax−$3,171
Social Security + Medicare−$3,411
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,369
Monthly take-home$3,053
Every two weeks$1,409

Does it go far here?

$47,100Median pay in Pittsburgh, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,053 a month, Census ACS).

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Database Architects$152,800

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