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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing salary in Boston, MA

The median woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $48,330 a year, 11% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,216 a month.

10th percentile
$38,560
25th percentile
$45,570
Median percentile
$48,330
75th percentile
$51,070
90th percentile
$58,250

Based on 500 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

$38,597 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,330
Federal income tax−$3,620
Social Security + Medicare−$3,697
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,417
Monthly take-home$3,216
Every two weeks$1,484

Does it go far here?

$44,640Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
63%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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts