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

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN earns $45,360 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,219 a month.

10th percentile
$36,460
25th percentile
$37,920
Median percentile
$45,360
75th percentile
$50,050
90th percentile
$53,330

Based on 320 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

$38,627 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,360
Federal income tax−$3,263
Social Security + Medicare−$3,470
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,219
Every two weeks$1,486

Does it go far here?

$47,084Median pay in Nashville, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.3 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,528 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Nashville, TN

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$295,640
Chief Executives$218,190
Dentists, General$215,290
Nurse Anesthetists$211,450
Family Medicine Physicians$211,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,720
Financial Managers$156,860

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