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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in San Diego, CA

The median rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA earns $49,690 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,219 a month.

10th percentile
$39,930
25th percentile
$39,930
Median percentile
$49,690
75th percentile
$61,670
90th percentile
$65,520

Based on 150 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

$38,628 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,690
Federal income tax−$3,783
Social Security + Medicare−$3,801
California income tax (approx.)−$3,478
Monthly take-home$3,219
Every two weeks$1,486

Does it go far here?

$44,411Median pay in San Diego, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.9 vs 100).
70%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,246 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Diego, CA

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$323,050
Family Medicine Physicians$295,530
Pediatricians, General$262,650
Chief Executives$238,440
Natural Sciences Managers$207,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$206,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers$202,810
Lawyers$178,220

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