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

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Massachusetts earns $47,210 a year, 10% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,146 a month.

10th percentile
$43,630
25th percentile
$45,480
Median percentile
$47,210
75th percentile
$64,440
90th percentile
$75,430

Based on 60 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

$37,753 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,210
Federal income tax−$3,485
Social Security + Medicare−$3,612
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,361
Monthly take-home$3,146
Every two weeks$1,452

Does it go far here?

$44,640Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
56%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

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