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

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Wisconsin earns $44,350 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,955 a month.

10th percentile
$29,430
25th percentile
$37,220
Median percentile
$44,350
75th percentile
$57,790
90th percentile
$63,220

Based on 940 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

$35,465 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,350
Federal income tax−$3,142
Social Security + Medicare−$3,393
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,351
Monthly take-home$2,955
Every two weeks$1,364

Does it go far here?

$47,133Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,087 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wisconsin

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$443,990
Surgeons, All Other$416,000
Radiologists$392,610
Physicians, All Other$391,740
General Internal Medicine Physicians$367,160
Psychiatrists$331,070
Family Medicine Physicians$290,640
Nurse Anesthetists$273,170

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