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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in San Francisco, CA

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA earns $53,680 a year, 22% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,463 a month.

10th percentile
$42,860
25th percentile
$45,340
Median percentile
$53,680
75th percentile
$58,180
90th percentile
$63,160

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

$41,554 take-home a year
Gross pay$53,680
Federal income tax−$4,262
Social Security + Medicare−$4,107
California income tax (approx.)−$3,758
Monthly take-home$3,463
Every two weeks$1,598

Does it go far here?

$46,431Median pay in San Francisco, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 115.6 vs 100).
71%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,474 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Francisco, CA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$374,680
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$357,220
Family Medicine Physicians$304,560
Physicians, All Other$294,360
Chief Executives$288,690
Computer and Information Systems Managers$232,890
Natural Sciences Managers$225,230
Architectural and Engineering Managers$221,580

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