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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in Morristown, TN

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Morristown, TN earns $36,910 a year, 14% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,653 a month.

10th percentile
$28,330
25th percentile
$30,920
Median percentile
$36,910
75th percentile
$45,230
90th percentile
$46,320

Based on 50 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

$31,837 take-home a year
Gross pay$36,910
Federal income tax−$2,249
Social Security + Medicare−$2,824
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,653
Every two weeks$1,225

Does it go far here?

$42,738Median pay in Morristown, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 86.4 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($873 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Morristown, TN

JobMedian pay
General and Operations Managers$93,420
Registered Nurses$75,680
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$69,450
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$67,330
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,790
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,720
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,890
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$39,710

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