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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Alabama

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Alabama earns $46,920 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,147 a month.

10th percentile
$35,190
25th percentile
$40,830
Median percentile
$46,920
75th percentile
$52,800
90th percentile
$88,350

Based on 170 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

$37,769 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,920
Federal income tax−$3,450
Social Security + Medicare−$3,589
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$2,111
Monthly take-home$3,147
Every two weeks$1,453

Does it go far here?

$52,824Median pay in Alabama is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.8 vs 100).
32%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,007 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Alabama

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$272,610
Nurse Anesthetists$190,300
Chief Executives$166,420
Architectural and Engineering Managers$162,350
Engineers, All Other$152,550
Financial Managers$140,500
Computer and Information Systems Managers$138,670
Computer Hardware Engineers$136,990

All heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama