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

The median separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Wisconsin earns $60,100 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,940 a month.

10th percentile
$38,250
25th percentile
$46,600
Median percentile
$60,100
75th percentile
$76,750
90th percentile
$76,750

Based on 1,520 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

$47,285 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,100
Federal income tax−$5,032
Social Security + Medicare−$4,598
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$3,185
Monthly take-home$3,940
Every two weeks$1,819

Does it go far here?

$63,872Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
28%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,087 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wisconsin

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$443,990
Surgeons, All Other$416,000
Radiologists$392,610
Physicians, All Other$391,740
General Internal Medicine Physicians$367,160
Psychiatrists$331,070
Family Medicine Physicians$290,640
Nurse Anesthetists$273,170

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