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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in Colorado

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Colorado earns $47,030 a year, 10% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,158 a month.

10th percentile
$39,110
25th percentile
$42,090
Median percentile
$47,030
75th percentile
$48,600
90th percentile
$57,980

Based on 350 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

$37,899 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,030
Federal income tax−$3,464
Social Security + Medicare−$3,598
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$2,069
Monthly take-home$3,158
Every two weeks$1,458

Does it go far here?

$45,637Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
56%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

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JobMedian pay
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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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado