Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,211
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$8,839
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,359
Alabama costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alabama — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$46,050
Kept after tax
$37,211
Worth in national money
$41,359
State rank
41
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays this job a middle wage of $46,050, 41 of 49 states and about 6% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 300.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,050 you keep $37,211, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,359 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $48,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alabama's $46,050 median for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders places it 41 of 49 states, about 6% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 300 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders on $46,050 is $37,211. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,359 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $48,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,430 |
| This salary | $46,050 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Alabama | $37,211 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,181 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,039 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $43,598 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,257 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alabama earn less than $46,050. The published range is $34,960 up to $64,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $37,211, from $46,050, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 300 of 482 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,359, the adjusted value of that $46,050 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 300 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,960 to $64,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,211 from $46,050. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 300 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $41,359 — the adjusted value of that $46,050 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 300 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $48,200, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,960 at the bottom tenth to $64,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Alabama is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,359 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Alabama's own levy, $37,211 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Alabama is $48,200. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,960 to $64,430) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alabama rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Alabama's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $41,359 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $37,211 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Alabama income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.