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

The median woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Virginia earns $39,370 a year, 9% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,637 a month.

10th percentile
$32,500
25th percentile
$36,720
Median percentile
$39,370
75th percentile
$45,160
90th percentile
$48,410

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

$31,648 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,370
Federal income tax−$2,544
Social Security + Medicare−$3,012
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$2,165
Monthly take-home$2,637
Every two weeks$1,217

Does it go far here?

$38,940Median pay in Virginia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 101.1 vs 100).
60%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,579 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Virginia

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$461,450
Chief Executives$310,740
Physicians, All Other$278,530
Nurse Anesthetists$252,110
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Family Medicine Physicians$222,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers$201,490
Dentists, General$197,110

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