How much do Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Decatur, AL?

Percentile spread

For Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $37,650 and the 90th percentile is $131,190. The difference is $93,540, which is 81.7% 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 $47,710 to the 75th at $131,190, covers $83,480.

The mean annual wage is $88,880, which sits below the median of $114,470. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Decatur, AL median is 128.3% higher than the national median of $50,140 for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $131,255, which is 161.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 114.4% higher than the Alabama median of $53,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Decatur, AL is 87.212, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $114,470 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $131,255 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Decatur, AL ranks 1st of 8 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 73 miles away, with a median of $51,950 and employment of 300. That median is 54.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,687, against $131,255 here.
• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 106 miles away, with a median of $44,710 and employment of 60. That median is 60.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,883, against $131,255 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 113 miles away, with a median of $48,490 and employment of 260. That median is 57.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,333, against $131,255 here.

Employment share

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Decatur, AL (70 of 61,240). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,250 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.04 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.