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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Colorado

The median rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Colorado earns $57,500 a year, 15% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,821 a month.

10th percentile
$38,760
25th percentile
$48,140
Median percentile
$57,500
75th percentile
$61,750
90th percentile
$65,420

Based on 110 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

$45,851 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,500
Federal income tax−$4,720
Social Security + Medicare−$4,399
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$2,530
Monthly take-home$3,821
Every two weeks$1,764

Does it go far here?

$55,797Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
46%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
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Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

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