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

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Birmingham, AL earns $45,440 a year, 7% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,054 a month.

10th percentile
$39,250
25th percentile
$39,250
Median percentile
$45,440
75th percentile
$50,190
90th percentile
$58,410

Based on 40 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

$36,646 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,440
Federal income tax−$3,273
Social Security + Medicare−$3,476
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$2,045
Monthly take-home$3,054
Every two weeks$1,409

Does it go far here?

$49,583Median pay in Birmingham, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.6 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,172 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Birmingham, AL

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$237,040
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Lawyers$170,230
Architectural and Engineering Managers$166,670
Financial Managers$153,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers$140,230
Pharmacists$138,800
Computer Network Architects$131,140

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