SOC 51-9124 · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in Florence, AL

The average salary for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Florence, Alabama is $41,230 a year ($19.82 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $39,740: half of the 190 people in this job in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 22% less than the U.S. average for this job ($52,620).

$41,230average per year

$19.82 / hourMedian $39,740Take-home ≈ $33,625

  • $34K10th
  • $39K25th
  • $40KMedian
  • $40K75th
  • $49K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

190people in this job
-22%vs U.S. average
#11 of 12Alabama metros
85cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay range in Florence

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,820 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,890 or more. The middle half of coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Florence earn between $38,610 and $39,740.

  • $34K10th
  • $39K25th
  • $40KMedian
  • $40K75th
  • $49K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$41,230$3,436$19.82
Median$39,740$3,312$19.11
Entry level (25th percentile)$38,610$3,218$18.56
Experienced (75th percentile)$39,740$3,312$19.11

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Florence vs. Alabama and the U.S.

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Florence earn 10% less than the Alabama average ($45,660) and 22% less than the U.S. average ($52,620). At the median the gap is -18% against the U.S. median of $48,250.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Florence$41,230$39,740$33,820$48,890190
Alabama$45,660$44,250$31,200$60,9205,250
United States$52,620$48,250$36,260$74,730158,740

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary after taxes in Florence

On the average salary of $41,230, a single filer in Florence takes home about $33,625 a year, or $2,802 a month and $1,293 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.

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Is Florence a good place for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Florence area are 15% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 84.8), so the average $41,230 buys what about $48,611 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Florence ($39,740). A typical home costs $216,659, or 5.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in other Alabama cities

Florence ranks 11th of 12 Alabama metro areas for this job; Daphne pays the most ($49,520).

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Seattle, WA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($74,510).

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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Florence: questions

How much do coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders make an hour in Florence?

$19.82 an hour on average, and $19.10 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders salary in Florence?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,820 a year and the 25th percentile is $38,610, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders take-home pay in Florence?

About $33,625 a year ($2,802 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $41,230. City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.

Do coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more in Florence than elsewhere?

The average here is 22% less than the U.S. average for this job ($52,620).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-9124; area Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (22520). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.7%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 3.38, this job is 3.4 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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