Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $67K, rent takes 29.3% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,277/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastics typically earn — is $45K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,699/month.

Local pay is 42% above the national median — $67K here vs. $47K nationally.

Central East New York nonmetropolitan area pays $67K median vs. the U.S. average of $47K — that’s +42%.

The median is $66,900 a year, that works out to about $32 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $44,990, and experienced multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastics can clear $66,900. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,365/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,277/month, which eats 29.3% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Central East New York nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salary is worth about $66,900 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.