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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Birmingham, AL and Canton-Massillon, OH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $45,440 per year in Birmingham, AL. It is $67,070 per year in Canton-Massillon, OH. Birmingham, AL is 32.2% below Canton-Massillon, OH on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4191 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Birmingham, AL and 170 in Canton-Massillon, OH. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.