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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing salary in Massachusetts

The median woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Massachusetts earns $46,430 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,097 a month.

10th percentile
$37,190
25th percentile
$39,130
Median percentile
$46,430
75th percentile
$49,730
90th percentile
$55,910

Based on 890 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

$37,165 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,430
Federal income tax−$3,392
Social Security + Medicare−$3,552
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,322
Monthly take-home$3,097
Every two weeks$1,429

Does it go far here?

$43,903Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
57%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

All woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts