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

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Tuscaloosa, AL earns $48,770 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,264 a month.

10th percentile
$30,280
25th percentile
$36,300
Median percentile
$48,770
75th percentile
$50,320
90th percentile
$57,390

Based on 30 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

$39,172 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,770
Federal income tax−$3,672
Social Security + Medicare−$3,731
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$2,195
Monthly take-home$3,264
Every two weeks$1,507

Does it go far here?

$55,596Median pay in Tuscaloosa, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.7 vs 100).
31%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,005 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL

JobMedian pay
Industrial Engineers$104,840
General and Operations Managers$101,210
Medical and Health Services Managers$96,110
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,380
Registered Nurses$75,250
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$74,940
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,010
Accountants and Auditors$71,690

All multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama