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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in Dallas, TX

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX earns $37,620 a year, 12% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,701 a month.

10th percentile
$31,020
25th percentile
$36,130
Median percentile
$37,620
75th percentile
$45,380
90th percentile
$50,160

Based on 420 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

$32,408 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,620
Federal income tax−$2,334
Social Security + Medicare−$2,878
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,701
Every two weeks$1,246

Does it go far here?

$36,492Median pay in Dallas, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
60%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,614 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Dallas, TX

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$403,340
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,260
Chief Executives$320,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$276,520
Family Medicine Physicians$259,310
Physicians, All Other$222,410
Nurse Anesthetists$218,650
Anesthesiologists$218,060

All sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood salaries · Take-home pay in Texas