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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Birmingham, AL

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Birmingham, AL earns $50,510 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,374 a month.

10th percentile
$32,210
25th percentile
$38,710
Median percentile
$50,510
75th percentile
$54,850
90th percentile
$63,020

Based on 280 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

$40,492 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,510
Federal income tax−$3,881
Social Security + Medicare−$3,864
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$2,273
Monthly take-home$3,374
Every two weeks$1,557

Does it go far here?

$55,115Median pay in Birmingham, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.6 vs 100).
35%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
Nurse Anesthetists$175,850
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 multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama