How much do Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Anniston-Oxford, AL?

Percentile spread

For Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $28,590 and the 90th percentile is $47,920. The difference is $19,330, which is 54.9% 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 $33,310 to the 75th at $38,720, covers $5,410.

The mean annual wage is $36,830, which sits above the median of $35,220. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Anniston-Oxford, AL median is 20.6% lower than the national median of $44,350 for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,978, which is 7.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.7% lower than the Alabama median of $39,010.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Anniston-Oxford, AL is 85.949, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,220 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $40,978 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Anniston-Oxford, AL ranks 15th of 16 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).).

• Gadsden, AL is 23 miles away, with a median of $38,420 and employment of 120. That median is 9.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,855, against $40,978 here.
• Birmingham, AL is 61 miles away, with a median of $40,530 and employment of 780. That median is 15.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,225, against $40,978 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 82 miles away, with a median of $45,190 and employment of 1,040. That median is 28.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,164, against $40,978 here.

Employment share

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.57% of wage-and-salary employment in Anniston-Oxford, AL (250 of 43,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (150,470 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.93 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.