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

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Birmingham, AL earns $33,430 a year, 24% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,295 a month.

10th percentile
$29,500
25th percentile
$29,500
Median percentile
$33,430
75th percentile
$36,030
90th percentile
$37,140

Based on 140 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

$27,537 take-home a year
Gross pay$33,430
Federal income tax−$1,832
Social Security + Medicare−$2,557
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$1,504
Monthly take-home$2,295
Every two weeks$1,059

Does it go far here?

$36,478Median pay in Birmingham, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.6 vs 100).
51%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 plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama