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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Boston, MA

The median rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $50,790 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,371 a month.

10th percentile
$41,150
25th percentile
$49,190
Median percentile
$50,790
75th percentile
$61,690
90th percentile
$64,810

Based on 140 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

$40,450 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,790
Federal income tax−$3,915
Social Security + Medicare−$3,885
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,540
Monthly take-home$3,371
Every two weeks$1,556

Does it go far here?

$46,912Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
60%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

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