How much do Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

Percentile spread

For Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $29,260 and the 90th percentile is $45,490. The difference is $16,230, which is 43.7% 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 $29,620 to the 75th at $40,330, covers $10,710.

The mean annual wage is $36,170, which sits below the median of $37,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 16.2% 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 $43,800, which is 1.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.8% lower than the Alabama median of $39,010.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $43,800 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 14th of 15 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).).

• Decatur, AL is 41 miles away, with a median of $44,320 and employment of 220. That median is 19.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,819, against $43,800 here.
• Huntsville, AL is 56 miles away, with a median of $43,630 and employment of 880. That median is 17.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,878, against $43,800 here.
• Jackson, TN is 93 miles away, with a median of $37,400 and employment of 100. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,731, against $43,800 here.

Employment share

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.70% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (390 of 56,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (150,470 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.18 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.