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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in New Jersey

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in New Jersey earns $44,630 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,984 a month.

10th percentile
$34,750
25th percentile
$40,080
Median percentile
$44,630
75th percentile
$52,270
90th percentile
$58,090

Based on 80 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

$35,809 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,630
Federal income tax−$3,176
Social Security + Medicare−$3,414
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$2,232
Monthly take-home$2,984
Every two weeks$1,377

Does it go far here?

$41,018Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
58%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

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