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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Alabama

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Alabama earns $33,730 a year, 23% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,314 a month.

10th percentile
$26,550
25th percentile
$29,500
Median percentile
$33,730
75th percentile
$38,890
90th percentile
$44,020

Based on 400 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

$27,764 take-home a year
Gross pay$33,730
Federal income tax−$1,868
Social Security + Medicare−$2,580
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$1,518
Monthly take-home$2,314
Every two weeks$1,068

Does it go far here?

$37,974Median pay in Alabama is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.8 vs 100).
44%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 plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama