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

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Indiana earns $42,620 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,929 a month.

10th percentile
$34,270
25th percentile
$37,990
Median percentile
$42,620
75th percentile
$47,510
90th percentile
$58,840

Based on 1,270 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

$35,147 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,620
Federal income tax−$2,934
Social Security + Medicare−$3,260
Indiana income tax (approx.)−$1,279
Monthly take-home$2,929
Every two weeks$1,352

Does it go far here?

$45,666Median pay in Indiana is worth this at average US prices (local price level 93.3 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,062 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Indiana

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$430,640
Anesthesiologists$394,060
Physicians, All Other$366,190
Emergency Medicine Physicians$347,060
General Internal Medicine Physicians$314,390
Family Medicine Physicians$261,940
Chief Executives$254,180
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$183,000

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