Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,824
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$10,006
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,497
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
$51,830
Kept after tax
$41,824
Worth in national money
$42,497
State rank
5
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $51,830, ranking 5 of 46 states and sitting about 8.61% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 335 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $51,830 the take-home is $41,824, which is worth about $42,497 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $52,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic is $51,830, about 8.61% above the national figure and 5 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ranks 335 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic on its $51,830 median: $41,824 retained after tax becomes $42,497 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $52,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,530 |
| This salary | $51,830 |
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 | $41,824 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,825 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,602 |
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 | $49,340 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,147 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $51,830. The published range is $38,830 up to $62,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $41,824, from $51,830, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 335 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,497 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 335.
- Reported values are medians; for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,830 to $62,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,824 from $51,830. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 335 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,497, worked from $51,830, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 335 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,830 at the bottom tenth to $62,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,497 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $41,824 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,830 to $62,530) 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 $42,497 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 $41,824 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.