Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in Scranton, PA

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay range in Scranton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,410 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,870 or more. The middle half of separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Scranton earn between $37,120 and $49,710.

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

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary after taxes in Scranton

On the average salary of $45,970, a single filer in Scranton takes home about $37,706 a year, or $3,142 a month and $1,450 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). Local earned income taxes (for example Philadelphia's wage tax) are not included.

Is Scranton a good place for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Scranton area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $45,970 buys what about $49,136 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Scranton ($46,330). A typical home costs $227,793, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in other Pennsylvania cities

Scranton ranks 10th of 11 Pennsylvania metro areas for this job; Allentown pays the most ($58,670).

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Napa, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($74,220).

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary by city

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