Pay · Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Georgia
Extruding and drawing machine operator salary in Georgia: $48,410 a year
What extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn in Georgia, from the 2025 federal wage survey: 22nd of 46 states and 1% above the U.S. median. Starting pay, the paycheck, the states around it and the jobs next to this one.
Georgia in short
Median pay, the state’s place among the states, and how many people do the work here.
From starting pay to top pay in Georgia
Where most start, the middle, and the best-paid tenth — against the same points for the U.S.
Georgia U.S.: $36,700 – $63,710
Georgia and its neighbouring states
Neighbouring states on the map, not in the ranking — the move people actually weigh.
A median paycheck in Georgia
$48,410 a year before tax. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare take $7,333 of it (15.1%) at 2026 rates.
- A month $3,423 $4,034 before tax
- Every two weeks $1,580 $1,862 before tax
- A week $790 $931 before tax
- A year $41,077 $48,410 before tax
- Take-home $41,077
- Federal income tax $3,629
- Medicare $702
A single filer taking the standard deduction, before state and local income taxes and before deductions such as retirement or health insurance. Some public employees, many teachers among them, pay into a state pension instead of Social Security. Rates: IRS, Rev. Proc. 2025-32: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments, SSA, 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment Fact Sheet.
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Extruding and drawing machine operator pay in Georgia: questions
What is the average extruding and drawing machine operator salary in Georgia?
The median is $48,410 a year: half of the 2,560 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Georgia earn more, half less. The lowest-paid tenth earn under $37,550, the best-paid tenth over $67,970.
What is the starting salary for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Georgia?
Most start around $37,550 a year — the pay of the lowest-paid tenth.
What rank is Georgia for extruding and drawing machine operator pay?
22nd of 46 states. Rhode Island pays the most, $61,350.
Do extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more in Georgia or Tennessee?
Georgia: $48,410 against $47,550 in Tennessee — $860 more a year.
How much is an extruding and drawing machine operator paycheck in Georgia?
At the median, about $3,423 a month after federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, from $4,034 before tax — for a single filer, before state income tax.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025, state estimates. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”