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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Boston, MA

The median separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $59,080 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,891 a month.

10th percentile
$44,220
25th percentile
$49,030
Median percentile
$59,080
75th percentile
$64,150
90th percentile
$83,750

Based on 760 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

$46,697 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,080
Federal income tax−$4,910
Social Security + Medicare−$4,520
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,954
Monthly take-home$3,891
Every two weeks$1,796

Does it go far here?

$54,569Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
52%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts