The median annual wage for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Birmingham, AL is $48,610 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $47,600.
Pay spans roughly $31,300 at the 10th percentile to $53,130 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $23.37 per hour. An estimated 950 people work as molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Birmingham, AL.
| Median (annual) | $48,610 |
| Mean (annual) | $47,600 |
| Median (hourly) | $23.37 |
| 10th percentile | $31,300 |
| 90th percentile | $53,130 |
| Employment | 950 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.