How much do Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Tuscaloosa, AL?

Percentile spread

For Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $37,690 and the 90th percentile is $41,810. The difference is $4,120, which is 10.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $37,690 to the 75th at $38,370, covers $680.

The mean annual wage is $38,400, which sits above the median of $38,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Tuscaloosa, AL median is 16.1% lower than the national median of $45,760 for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,740, which is 4.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.7% lower than the Alabama median of $38,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tuscaloosa, AL is 87.722, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $43,740 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Tuscaloosa, AL ranks 8th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Birmingham, AL is 62 miles away, with a median of $45,140 and employment of 260. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,256, against $43,740 here.
• Decatur, AL is 104 miles away, with a median of $43,150 and employment of 70. That median is 12.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,477, against $43,740 here.
• Auburn-Opelika, AL is 138 miles away, with a median of $36,800 and employment of 50. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,850, against $43,740 here.

Employment share

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Tuscaloosa, AL (100 of 108,460). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (58,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.44 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.