Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Daphne, AL

The median cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL earns $44,060 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,967 a month.

10th percentile: $34,440
25th percentile: $37,580
Median percentile: $44,060
75th percentile: $47,400
90th percentile: $60,660

Based on 60 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$35,600 take-home a year

Gross pay	$44,060
Federal income tax	−$3,107
Social Security + Medicare	−$3,371
Alabama income tax (approx.)	−$1,983
Monthly take-home	$2,967
Every two weeks	$1,369

Does it go far here?

$46,531Median pay in Daphne, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.7 vs 100).

43%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,277 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Daphne, AL

Job	Median pay
General and Operations Managers	$100,260
Registered Nurses	$79,450
Accountants and Auditors	$71,230
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$64,290
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$62,890
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$62,400
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$61,500
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$58,860

All cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama