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Average Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic Salary in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL earn a median annual salary of $48,450, which is +3.1% compared to the national median. There are 330 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (metro area).

$48,450
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median annual wage
$23/hour median
+3.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,980
330
Local employment
6.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
14.16
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$32,860
25th
$36,450
Median
$48,450
75th
$62,360
90th
$62,360

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
84.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$57,123
Goods: 96.4%
Services: 85.8%
Rents: 47.7%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Baton Rouge, LA$103,300Compare440
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$62,710Compare400
Cedar Rapids, IA$62,240Compare120
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,480Compare70
Terre Haute, IN$59,290Compare330
Omaha, NE-IA$58,380Compare40

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Physicians, All Other$206,9801.47
Chief Executives$161,2900.44
Dentists, General$150,2401.29
Architectural And Engineering Managers$142,2500.59
Facilities Managers$137,2300.62
Pharmacists$132,2001.40
Electrical Engineers$129,5600.77
Financial Managers$127,4100.41

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has salary data for 220 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Extruding And Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, And Tenders, Metal And Plastic are projected to change by +1.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 6,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.