Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,309
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,461
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,958
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$49,770
Kept after tax
$40,309
Worth in national money
$40,958
State rank
5
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,770, which ranks 5 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.42% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 356 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $49,770 the take-home is $40,309, which is worth about $40,958 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $50,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota ranks 5 of 49 states publishing a median for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, at $49,770 — about 7.42% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 356 of 490 in Minnesota places cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic on its $49,770 median: $40,309 retained after tax becomes $40,958 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $50,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,700 |
| This salary | $49,770 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $40,309 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,170 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,439 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $47,454 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,949 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Minnesota earn under $49,770 and half over. The published range runs $34,670 at the tenth percentile to $64,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $40,309, worked from $49,770. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 356 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,958, the adjusted value of that $49,770 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 356 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,670 to $64,700; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Minnesota take-home of $40,309, on $49,770 for work ranking 356 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 356 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $40,958 — the adjusted value of that $49,770 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 356 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,670 at the bottom tenth to $64,700 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $40,958 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $40,309 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,670 to $64,700) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $40,958 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $40,309 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.