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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing salary in New Mexico

The median woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in New Mexico earns $38,650 a year, 11% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,612 a month.

10th percentile
$32,850
25th percentile
$36,360
Median percentile
$38,650
75th percentile
$45,910
90th percentile
$59,300

Based on 150 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

$31,341 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,650
Federal income tax−$2,458
Social Security + Medicare−$2,957
New Mexico income tax (approx.)−$1,894
Monthly take-home$2,612
Every two weeks$1,205

Does it go far here?

$41,914Median pay in New Mexico is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,067 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Mexico

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$327,670
Family Medicine Physicians$228,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers$215,120
Computer Hardware Engineers$165,350
Physicists$165,340
Nuclear Engineers$164,300
Engineers, All Other$162,070
Electrical Engineers$158,520

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