51 Series · SOC 51-4072

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$41,230

per year

Median Hourly

$19.82/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$44,130

average

Employment

154,820

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$31,990$36,290$41,230$49,100$60,110
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$15.38$17.45$19.82$23.61$28.90
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$31,990

25th Percentile

$36,290

Median

$41,230

75th Percentile

$49,100

90th Percentile

$60,110

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Hawaii $70,390 2. Maine $59,050 3. Nevada $52,900 4. Colorado $51,900 5. Maryland $50,990

Lowest Paying States

46. Puerto Rico $22,570 47. Idaho $35,080 48. New Jersey $35,910 49. Alabama $37,000 50. Louisiana $37,440
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $70,390 +71% above national
2 Maine $59,050 +43% above national
3 Nevada $52,900 +28% above national
4 Colorado $51,900 +26% above national
5 Maryland $50,990 +24% above national
6 Washington $47,640 +16% above national
7 Minnesota $47,110 +14% above national
8 Delaware $46,690 +13% above national
9 Pennsylvania $46,300 +12% above national
10 Utah $45,820 +11% above national
11 Virginia $45,620 +11% above national
12 Vermont $45,390 +10% above national
13 California $45,380 +10% above national
14 Iowa $45,380 +10% above national
15 Kentucky $45,000 +9% above national
16 Wisconsin $44,360 +8% above national
17 Nebraska $44,250 +7% above national
18 Missouri $44,130 +7% above national
19 New Hampshire $43,880 +6% above national
20 Montana $43,690 +6% above national
21 Arizona $43,180 +5% above national
22 Ohio $42,330 +3% above national
23 Illinois $42,320 +3% above national
24 Wyoming $42,030 +2% above national
25 Rhode Island $41,650 +1% above national
26 New York $41,600 +1% above national
27 North Carolina $41,550 +1% above national
28 Indiana $41,430 same as national
29 Mississippi $41,260 same as national
30 South Carolina $40,930 1% below national
31 West Virginia $40,710 1% below national
32 New Mexico $40,700 1% below national
33 Connecticut $40,580 2% below national
34 Oregon $40,270 2% below national
35 North Dakota $40,010 3% below national
36 South Dakota $38,920 6% below national
37 Kansas $38,890 6% below national
38 Florida $38,690 6% below national
39 Oklahoma $38,270 7% below national
40 Georgia $38,250 7% below national
41 Massachusetts $38,130 8% below national
42 Tennessee $38,090 8% below national
43 Michigan $38,000 8% below national
44 Texas $37,930 8% below national
45 Arkansas $37,640 9% below national
46 Louisiana $37,440 9% below national
47 Alabama $37,000 10% below national
48 New Jersey $35,910 13% below national
49 Idaho $35,080 15% below national
50 Puerto Rico $22,570 45% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $72,950 2. Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,140 3. Portland-South Portland, ME $60,660 4. West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $60,000 5. Evansville, IN $59,830

Lowest Paying Metros

311. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $22,240 312. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $27,650 313. Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $28,820 314. Hot Springs, AR $30,140 315. Flint, MI $30,480
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $72,950 +77% above national
2 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,140 +51% above national
3 Portland-South Portland, ME $60,660 +47% above national
4 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $60,000 +46% above national
5 Evansville, IN $59,830 +45% above national
6 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $57,320 +39% above national
7 Fond du Lac, WI $56,310 +37% above national
8 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $56,060 +36% above national
9 Ogden, UT $55,990 +36% above national
10 Winchester, VA-WV $55,420 +34% above national
11 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $54,710 +33% above national
12 Sheboygan, WI $53,710 +30% above national
13 Reading, PA $52,710 +28% above national
14 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $52,560 +27% above national
15 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $52,460 +27% above national
16 Utica-Rome, NY $51,500 +25% above national
17 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $51,360 +25% above national
18 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $51,180 +24% above national
19 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $50,580 +23% above national
20 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $50,550 +23% above national
21 Corpus Christi, TX $50,480 +22% above national
22 Vallejo, CA $49,910 +21% above national
23 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $49,780 +21% above national
24 Oklahoma City, OK $49,690 +21% above national
25 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $49,570 +20% above national
26 Columbia, SC $49,520 +20% above national
27 St. Joseph, MO-KS $49,420 +20% above national
28 St. Louis, MO-IL $49,220 +19% above national
29 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $49,180 +19% above national
30 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $49,100 +19% above national
31 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $49,030 +19% above national
32 Mobile, AL $49,010 +19% above national
33 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $48,990 +19% above national
34 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $48,980 +19% above national
35 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $48,970 +19% above national
36 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $48,860 +19% above national
37 Springfield, MO $48,760 +18% above national
38 Birmingham, AL $48,610 +18% above national
39 Chambersburg, PA $48,600 +18% above national
40 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $48,240 +17% above national
41 St. Cloud, MN $48,180 +17% above national
42 Burlington, NC $48,130 +17% above national
43 Reno, NV $48,040 +17% above national
44 Columbus, OH $47,800 +16% above national
45 Lancaster, PA $47,790 +16% above national
46 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $47,780 +16% above national
47 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $47,750 +16% above national
48 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $47,730 +16% above national
49 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $47,660 +16% above national
50 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $47,660 +16% above national
51 Gettysburg, PA $47,650 +16% above national
52 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $47,550 +15% above national
53 Port St. Lucie, FL $47,490 +15% above national
54 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $47,480 +15% above national
55 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $47,380 +15% above national
56 Greensboro-High Point, NC $47,280 +15% above national
57 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,150 +14% above national
58 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $47,060 +14% above national
59 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,990 +14% above national
60 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $46,920 +14% above national
61 Yakima, WA $46,850 +14% above national
62 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $46,830 +14% above national
63 Bozeman, MT $46,790 +13% above national
64 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $46,770 +13% above national
65 Green Bay, WI $46,720 +13% above national
66 York-Hanover, PA $46,700 +13% above national
67 Lexington-Fayette, KY $46,560 +13% above national
68 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $46,560 +13% above national
69 Joplin, MO-KS $46,500 +13% above national
70 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $46,500 +13% above national
71 Warner Robins, GA $46,470 +13% above national
72 Dubuque, IA $46,370 +12% above national
73 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $46,360 +12% above national
74 Springfield, OH $46,290 +12% above national
75 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $46,230 +12% above national
76 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $46,220 +12% above national
77 Lincoln, NE $46,180 +12% above national
78 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $46,100 +12% above national
79 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $45,950 +11% above national
80 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $45,930 +11% above national
81 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $45,920 +11% above national
82 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $45,910 +11% above national
83 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $45,730 +11% above national
84 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $45,690 +11% above national
85 Lebanon, PA $45,660 +11% above national
86 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $45,650 +11% above national
87 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $45,610 +11% above national
88 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $45,600 +11% above national
89 Albany, OR $45,540 +10% above national
90 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $45,460 +10% above national
91 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $45,420 +10% above national
92 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $45,340 +10% above national
93 Champaign-Urbana, IL $45,320 +10% above national
94 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $45,230 +10% above national
95 Modesto, CA $45,210 +10% above national
96 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $45,130 +9% above national
97 Kenosha, WI $45,060 +9% above national
98 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $45,020 +9% above national
99 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,990 +9% above national
100 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $44,950 +9% above national
101 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $44,900 +9% above national
102 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $44,870 +9% above national
103 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $44,810 +9% above national
104 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $44,800 +9% above national
105 Logan, UT-ID $44,710 +8% above national
106 Eau Claire, WI $44,660 +8% above national
107 Pittsburgh, PA $44,660 +8% above national
108 Stockton-Lodi, CA $44,630 +8% above national
109 Syracuse, NY $44,610 +8% above national
110 Jacksonville, FL $44,560 +8% above national
111 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $44,470 +8% above national
112 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $44,410 +8% above national
113 Glens Falls, NY $44,360 +8% above national
114 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $44,330 +8% above national
115 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $44,320 +7% above national
116 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $44,310 +7% above national
117 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $44,280 +7% above national
118 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $44,180 +7% above national
119 Boulder, CO $44,160 +7% above national
120 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $44,090 +7% above national
121 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $43,870 +6% above national
122 Anniston-Oxford, AL $43,850 +6% above national
123 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $43,800 +6% above national
124 Cedar Rapids, IA $43,780 +6% above national
125 Iowa City, IA $43,700 +6% above national
126 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $43,630 +6% above national
127 Madison, WI $43,550 +6% above national
128 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $43,460 +5% above national
129 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $43,320 +5% above national
130 Tyler, TX $43,120 +5% above national
131 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $43,070 +4% above national
132 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $43,040 +4% above national
133 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $42,920 +4% above national
134 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $42,810 +4% above national
135 Kansas City, MO-KS $42,700 +4% above national
136 Richmond, VA $42,700 +4% above national
137 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $42,590 +3% above national
138 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $42,520 +3% above national
139 Gainesville, GA $42,500 +3% above national
140 Terre Haute, IN $42,460 +3% above national
141 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $42,440 +3% above national
142 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $42,410 +3% above national
143 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $42,370 +3% above national
144 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $42,230 +2% above national
145 Williamsport, PA $42,080 +2% above national
146 Casper, WY $42,030 +2% above national
147 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $41,900 +2% above national
148 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $41,600 +1% above national
149 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $41,600 +1% above national
150 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,550 +1% above national
151 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $41,540 +1% above national
152 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,540 +1% above national
153 Asheville, NC $41,440 +1% above national
154 Medford, OR $41,410 same as national
155 Manchester-Nashua, NH $41,270 same as national
156 Akron, OH $41,260 same as national
157 Fresno, CA $41,260 same as national
158 Spartanburg, SC $41,260 same as national
159 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $41,180 same as national
160 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $41,160 same as national
161 Colorado Springs, CO $41,090 same as national
162 Bowling Green, KY $41,070 same as national
163 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $41,020 1% below national
164 Chattanooga, TN-GA $40,950 1% below national
165 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $40,870 1% below national
166 Chico, CA $40,810 1% below national
167 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $40,750 1% below national
168 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $40,710 1% below national
169 Albuquerque, NM $40,700 1% below national
170 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $40,650 1% below national
171 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $40,580 2% below national
172 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $40,520 2% below national
173 Battle Creek, MI $40,470 2% below national
174 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $40,440 2% below national
175 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $40,420 2% below national
176 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $40,400 2% below national
177 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $40,370 2% below national
178 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $40,290 2% below national
179 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $40,150 3% below national
180 Fort Smith, AR-OK $40,030 3% below national
181 Hattiesburg, MS $40,020 3% below national
182 Toledo, OH $40,020 3% below national
183 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $39,880 3% below national
184 Lynchburg, VA $39,870 3% below national
185 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,740 4% below national
186 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,730 4% below national
187 Springfield, MA $39,640 4% below national
188 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $39,590 4% below national
189 Roanoke, VA $39,520 4% below national
190 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $39,490 4% below national
191 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $39,470 4% below national
192 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $39,460 4% below national
193 Winston-Salem, NC $39,460 4% below national
194 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $39,370 5% below national
195 Fargo, ND-MN $39,350 5% below national
196 Fort Wayne, IN $39,340 5% below national
197 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $39,330 5% below national
198 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $39,310 5% below national
199 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,290 5% below national
200 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $39,260 5% below national
201 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $39,210 5% below national
202 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $39,200 5% below national
203 Cleveland, OH $39,150 5% below national
204 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $39,090 5% below national
205 New Haven, CT $39,040 5% below national
206 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $39,030 5% below national
207 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,020 5% below national
208 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $39,010 5% below national
209 Morristown, TN $38,910 6% below national
210 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $38,890 6% below national
211 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,870 6% below national
212 Youngstown-Warren, OH $38,840 6% below national
213 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $38,740 6% below national
214 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,620 6% below national
215 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $38,530 7% below national
216 Rockford, IL $38,530 7% below national
217 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $38,500 7% below national
218 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $38,470 7% below national
219 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $38,460 7% below national
220 Rochester, NY $38,350 7% below national
221 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $38,280 7% below national
222 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,230 7% below national
223 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $38,210 7% below national
224 Ann Arbor, MI $38,150 7% below national
225 Canton-Massillon, OH $38,100 8% below national
226 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $38,010 8% below national
227 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,010 8% below national
228 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $37,990 8% below national
229 Baton Rouge, LA $37,970 8% below national
230 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $37,960 8% below national
231 Janesville-Beloit, WI $37,950 8% below national
232 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $37,940 8% below national
233 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $37,930 8% below national
234 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $37,920 8% below national
235 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,890 8% below national
236 Jonesboro, AR $37,860 8% below national
237 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $37,840 8% below national
238 Huntsville, AL $37,820 8% below national
239 Jefferson City, MO $37,770 8% below national
240 Montgomery, AL $37,740 8% below national
241 Tucson, AZ $37,740 8% below national
242 Pittsfield, MA $37,730 8% below national
243 Wichita, KS $37,660 9% below national
244 Knoxville, TN $37,650 9% below national
245 Raleigh-Cary, NC $37,650 9% below national
246 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $37,640 9% below national
247 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $37,570 9% below national
248 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $37,500 9% below national
249 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $37,480 9% below national
250 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,480 9% below national
251 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,340 9% below national
252 Erie, PA $37,330 9% below national
253 Tulsa, OK $37,330 9% below national
254 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $37,320 9% below national
255 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $37,310 10% below national
256 Traverse City, MI $37,300 10% below national
257 Columbus, IN $37,170 10% below national
258 Gainesville, FL $37,170 10% below national
259 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,120 10% below national
260 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $37,080 10% below national
261 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $37,030 10% below national
262 Bend, OR $37,010 10% below national
263 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $36,980 10% below national
264 Monroe, MI $36,970 10% below national
265 Lima, OH $36,940 10% below national
266 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $36,940 10% below national
267 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,740 11% below national
268 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $36,730 11% below national
269 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $36,660 11% below national
270 Tuscaloosa, AL $36,560 11% below national
271 Jackson, TN $36,250 12% below national
272 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,220 12% below national
273 Binghamton, NY $36,200 12% below national
274 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,200 12% below national
275 Wilmington, NC $36,110 12% below national
276 Jackson, MI $35,940 13% below national
277 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,920 13% below national
278 Saginaw, MI $35,790 13% below national
279 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $35,730 13% below national
280 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,730 13% below national
281 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,720 13% below national
282 Coeur d'Alene, ID $35,620 14% below national
283 Eugene-Springfield, OR $35,560 14% below national
284 Niles, MI $35,480 14% below national
285 Longview, TX $35,460 14% below national
286 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $35,410 14% below national
287 Boise City, ID $35,400 14% below national
288 Omaha, NE-IA $35,390 14% below national
289 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $35,380 14% below national
290 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $35,380 14% below national
291 Auburn-Opelika, AL $35,230 15% below national
292 Grants Pass, OR $35,160 15% below national
293 Worcester, MA $35,160 15% below national
294 Bay City, MI $34,910 15% below national
295 Salem, OR $34,900 15% below national
296 El Paso, TX $34,780 16% below national
297 Mansfield, OH $34,780 16% below national
298 Springfield, IL $34,560 16% below national
299 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,510 16% below national
300 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,430 16% below national
301 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $34,210 17% below national
302 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $34,150 17% below national
303 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,070 17% below national
304 Dothan, AL $33,860 18% below national
305 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,750 18% below national
306 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $33,040 20% below national
307 Dalton, GA $31,850 23% below national
308 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $31,770 23% below national
309 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,760 23% below national
310 Amarillo, TX $31,180 24% below national
311 Flint, MI $30,480 26% below national
312 Hot Springs, AR $30,140 27% below national
313 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $28,820 30% below national
314 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $27,650 33% below national
315 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $22,240 46% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.