SOC 51-4081 · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metro

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Santa Rosa, CA

The average salary for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Rosa, California is $50,220 a year ($24.14 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $45,820: half of the people in this job in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

$50,220average per year

$24.14 / hourMedian $45,820Take-home ≈ $41,326

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  • $46KMedian
  • $51K75th
  • $76K90th

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Santa Rosa

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,030 a year or less, while the top 10% make $76,450 or more. The middle half of multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Rosa earn between $40,030 and $51,220.

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  • $46KMedian
  • $51K75th
  • $76K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$50,220$4,185$24.14
Median$45,820$3,818$22.03
Entry level (25th percentile)$40,030$3,336$19.25
Experienced (75th percentile)$51,220$4,268$24.62

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Santa Rosa vs. California and the U.S.

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Santa Rosa earn about the same as the California average ($49,660) and about the same as the U.S. average ($50,030). At the median the gap is -3% against the U.S. median of $47,180.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Santa Rosa$50,220$45,820$40,030$76,450n/a
California$49,660$46,810$38,280$65,4403,190
United States$50,030$47,180$35,780$74,450124,590

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary after taxes in Santa Rosa

On the average salary of $50,220, a single filer in Santa Rosa takes home about $41,326 a year, or $3,444 a month and $1,589 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

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Is Santa Rosa a good place for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Santa Rosa area are 8% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 107.8), so the average $50,220 buys what about $46,593 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Santa Rosa ($56,850). A typical home costs $796,761, or 15.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in other California cities

Santa Rosa ranks 5th of 9 California metro areas for this job; San Francisco pays the most ($51,830).

All Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salaries in California

Highest-paying cities for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Dallas, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($67,500).

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Santa Rosa: questions

How much do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic make an hour in Santa Rosa?

$24.14 an hour on average, and $22.03 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salary in Santa Rosa?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,030 a year and the 25th percentile is $40,030, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic take-home pay in Santa Rosa?

About $41,326 a year ($3,444 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $50,220. California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

Do multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more in Santa Rosa than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($50,030).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-4081; area Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA (42220). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 9.7%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

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