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Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Milwaukee, WI

The median textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $39,630 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,660 a month.

10th percentile
$31,110
25th percentile
$38,670
Median percentile
$39,630
75th percentile
$45,320
90th percentile
$47,540

Based on 40 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

$31,922 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,630
Federal income tax−$2,576
Social Security + Medicare−$3,032
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,100
Monthly take-home$2,660
Every two weeks$1,228

Does it go far here?

$40,882Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,139 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Milwaukee, WI

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$411,200
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,220
Financial Managers$156,100
Dentists, General$155,940
Pharmacists$153,340
Sales Managers$144,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,570

All textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Wisconsin