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

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$41,230

National average

Salary Range

$31,990 – $60,110

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$72,950$51,250$84,780
Hawaii$70,390$53,140$91,540
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,140$35,030$62,140
Portland-South Portland, ME$60,660$45,660$78,540
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,000$36,730$95,210
Evansville, IN$59,830$34,390$61,470
Maine$59,050$40,970$77,150
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$57,320$34,010$58,850
Fond du Lac, WI$56,310$38,240$62,550
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$56,060$32,790$60,360
Ogden, UT$55,990$39,470$72,340
Winchester, VA-WV$55,420$35,760$61,270
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$54,710$37,900$77,380
Sheboygan, WI$53,710$38,570$63,440
Nevada$52,900$37,910$77,380
Reading, PA$52,710$39,110$61,270
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$52,560$32,730$60,220
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$52,460$43,320$73,000
Colorado$51,900$39,530$65,410
Utica-Rome, NY$51,500$36,650$62,970
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$51,360$30,010$63,190
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$51,180$28,800$67,200
Maryland$50,990$33,380$62,720
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$50,580$33,750$58,760
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$50,550$37,810$61,980
Corpus Christi, TX$50,480$36,750$76,270
Vallejo, CA$49,910$37,440$60,320
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$49,780$33,750$69,290
Oklahoma City, OK$49,690$27,080$69,310
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,570$29,850$58,840
Columbia, SC$49,520$31,750$60,250
St. Joseph, MO-KS$49,420$38,110$58,130
St. Louis, MO-IL$49,220$32,250$60,180
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$49,180$37,500$65,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49,100$36,420$70,420
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$49,030$27,140$54,170
Mobile, AL$49,010$29,820$66,040
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$48,990$36,630$61,290
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$48,980$35,760$64,980
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,970$36,070$58,940
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$48,860$42,390$57,300
Springfield, MO$48,760$35,940$57,120
Birmingham, AL$48,610$31,300$53,130
Chambersburg, PA$48,600$36,970$62,970
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$48,240$40,490$55,710
St. Cloud, MN$48,180$35,320$56,880
Burlington, NC$48,130$34,630$60,180
Reno, NV$48,040$39,710$80,020
Columbus, OH$47,800$36,720$60,690
Lancaster, PA$47,790$36,860$58,350
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,780$33,780$71,730
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$47,750$34,840$69,700
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$47,730$36,240$77,420
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$47,660$34,440$59,080
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,660$39,530$57,310
Gettysburg, PA$47,650$39,170$47,920
Washington$47,640$39,300$70,120
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$47,550$40,030$60,420
Port St. Lucie, FL$47,490$33,330$59,430
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$47,480$33,500$54,440
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,380$28,760$61,530
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,280$31,050$61,930
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,150$35,460$57,700
Minnesota$47,110$36,020$61,450
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$47,060$37,250$61,480
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,990$37,100$58,600
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,920$35,970$59,030
Yakima, WA$46,850$39,650$55,550
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$46,830$31,470$64,930
Bozeman, MT$46,790$43,690$66,230
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$46,770$34,150$64,500
Green Bay, WI$46,720$35,120$58,130
York-Hanover, PA$46,700$34,540$58,350
Delaware$46,690$35,980$54,310
Lexington-Fayette, KY$46,560$36,000$105,270
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$46,560$34,220$72,530
Joplin, MO-KS$46,500$36,640$65,370
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$46,500$35,150$62,850
Warner Robins, GA$46,470$36,540$69,680
Dubuque, IA$46,370$30,370$65,340
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$46,360$33,950$65,100
Pennsylvania$46,300$31,820$59,710
Springfield, OH$46,290$32,310$62,030
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$46,230$36,800$59,770
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$46,220$36,610$61,440
Lincoln, NE$46,180$34,030$59,750
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,100$37,960$74,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,950$36,400$61,630
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$45,930$33,760$93,180
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$45,920$35,340$67,380
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$45,910$39,740$59,680
Utah$45,820$36,770$66,980
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$45,730$36,840$63,060
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$45,690$33,410$57,060
Lebanon, PA$45,660$31,390$62,550
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,650$30,500$55,200
Virginia$45,620$29,120$61,290
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$45,610$36,650$63,110
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$45,600$35,760$47,140
Albany, OR$45,540$33,810$62,270
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$45,460$37,360$60,560
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$45,420$35,250$68,330
Vermont$45,390$33,010$94,220
California$45,380$36,050$61,000
Iowa$45,380$33,750$58,770
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,340$35,110$59,470
Champaign-Urbana, IL$45,320$32,650$64,760
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$45,230$34,940$61,210
Modesto, CA$45,210$35,510$60,730
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$45,130$32,000$60,790
Kenosha, WI$45,060$35,260$58,490
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$45,020$33,010$116,920
Kentucky$45,000$36,060$66,570
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,990$36,190$59,780
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$44,950$37,420$58,740
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$44,900$34,070$68,600
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$44,870$34,050$60,820
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$44,810$31,200$63,350
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$44,800$34,750$63,400
Logan, UT-ID$44,710$32,790$55,670
Pittsburgh, PA$44,660$35,490$57,650
Eau Claire, WI$44,660$37,740$60,810
Stockton-Lodi, CA$44,630$34,930$59,380
Syracuse, NY$44,610$38,630$56,360
Jacksonville, FL$44,560$31,190$62,440
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$44,470$33,950$56,560
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$44,410$35,450$60,090
Wisconsin$44,360$35,350$59,890
Glens Falls, NY$44,360$31,570$55,440
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,330$34,900$56,600
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,320$34,020$57,100
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$44,310$40,460$60,160
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$44,280$35,830$59,510
Nebraska$44,250$30,680$62,140
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$44,180$34,150$61,720
Boulder, CO$44,160$42,020$66,100
Missouri$44,130$32,240$58,460
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$44,090$35,840$47,440
New Hampshire$43,880$37,850$55,820
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,870$36,120$63,450
Anniston-Oxford, AL$43,850$21,500$48,760
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$43,800$32,300$54,640
Cedar Rapids, IA$43,780$35,380$60,440
Iowa City, IA$43,700$30,460$53,100
Montana$43,690$33,400$61,250
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$43,630$32,880$63,640
Madison, WI$43,550$36,230$57,810
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$43,460$37,500$55,230
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,320$32,730$65,750
Arizona$43,180$33,860$58,870
Tyler, TX$43,120$36,640$45,500
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$43,070$35,390$62,050
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$43,040$32,500$82,720
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$42,920$31,860$61,390
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$42,810$30,460$57,370
Richmond, VA$42,700$32,420$57,990
Kansas City, MO-KS$42,700$33,460$58,950
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$42,590$35,100$68,630
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$42,520$36,340$54,270
Gainesville, GA$42,500$35,650$62,300
Terre Haute, IN$42,460$29,470$63,720
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$42,440$32,730$62,500
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$42,410$32,240$63,160
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$42,370$28,490$54,390
Ohio$42,330$32,790$58,120
Illinois$42,320$32,920$61,030
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$42,230$29,250$49,870
Williamsport, PA$42,080$33,290$48,990
Wyoming$42,030$34,580$52,840
Casper, WY$42,030$36,400$52,840
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$41,900$34,170$61,290
Rhode Island$41,650$31,200$59,920
New York$41,600$33,150$61,840
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$41,600$33,830$71,790
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$41,600$36,460$60,060
North Carolina$41,550$33,220$58,680
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$41,550$31,980$49,170
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$41,540$35,200$59,310
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$41,540$34,190$49,130
Asheville, NC$41,440$36,070$57,410
Indiana$41,430$31,020$61,470
Medford, OR$41,410$32,070$57,190
Manchester-Nashua, NH$41,270$37,850$49,500
Spartanburg, SC$41,260$37,840$64,540
Mississippi$41,260$30,200$63,180
Akron, OH$41,260$31,250$55,880
Fresno, CA$41,260$34,420$57,990
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$41,180$35,350$64,700
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$41,160$35,510$58,490
Colorado Springs, CO$41,090$35,670$79,920
Bowling Green, KY$41,070$31,620$59,060
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$41,020$32,850$54,920
Chattanooga, TN-GA$40,950$33,810$59,280
South Carolina$40,930$31,820$61,300
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$40,870$35,910$47,380
Chico, CA$40,810$33,820$61,610
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$40,750$35,060$64,550
West Virginia$40,710$33,400$60,220
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$40,710$36,450$60,280
New Mexico$40,700$27,290$47,690
Albuquerque, NM$40,700$34,230$47,690
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$40,650$33,010$61,730
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$40,580$34,170$65,130
Connecticut$40,580$35,080$64,980
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$40,520$31,700$46,840
Battle Creek, MI$40,470$33,290$60,900
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$40,440$33,820$58,140
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$40,420$33,230$49,460
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$40,400$37,060$59,710
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$40,370$34,150$53,560
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$40,290$31,030$60,640
Oregon$40,270$30,610$64,400
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$40,150$32,460$58,620
Fort Smith, AR-OK$40,030$30,320$47,120
Toledo, OH$40,020$34,440$51,020
Hattiesburg, MS$40,020$28,610$103,470
North Dakota$40,010$36,080$59,480
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$39,880$33,330$51,010
Lynchburg, VA$39,870$27,220$59,860
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,740$29,770$57,410
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,730$35,840$57,300
Springfield, MA$39,640$35,460$56,770
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$39,590$32,250$58,250
Roanoke, VA$39,520$33,280$58,620
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,490$36,750$61,060
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$39,470$33,690$53,000
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$39,460$38,130$49,900
Winston-Salem, NC$39,460$34,850$49,540
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$39,370$33,970$50,650
Fargo, ND-MN$39,350$39,200$58,310
Fort Wayne, IN$39,340$31,370$55,620
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$39,330$33,200$53,230
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$39,310$33,400$45,170
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,290$29,100$61,420
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$39,260$35,320$54,720
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,210$31,210$60,840
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$39,200$33,690$57,990
Cleveland, OH$39,150$31,710$58,120
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$39,090$33,140$57,290
New Haven, CT$39,040$35,010$66,320
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$39,030$21,800$45,680
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,020$27,490$58,870
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$39,010$31,180$54,880
South Dakota$38,920$33,330$48,480
Morristown, TN$38,910$35,000$43,060
Kansas$38,890$31,280$54,340
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$38,890$28,400$51,150
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,870$28,350$52,450
Youngstown-Warren, OH$38,840$26,680$59,140
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$38,740$28,990$59,030
Florida$38,690$29,280$59,130
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$38,620$35,090$47,240
Rockford, IL$38,530$31,200$57,520
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,530$33,920$60,400
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$38,500$32,790$49,880
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,470$31,990$58,670
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$38,460$35,220$63,630
Rochester, NY$38,350$31,200$60,700
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$38,280$32,290$49,620
Oklahoma$38,270$27,670$60,660
Georgia$38,250$30,550$58,620
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,230$30,680$52,230
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$38,210$34,340$50,960
Ann Arbor, MI$38,150$35,410$61,360
Massachusetts$38,130$34,980$56,540
Canton-Massillon, OH$38,100$29,760$56,600
Tennessee$38,090$30,970$50,880
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$38,010$32,690$46,300
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,010$36,440$46,350
Michigan$38,000$31,640$57,410
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$37,990$29,870$47,150
Baton Rouge, LA$37,970$29,920$47,750
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,960$32,250$55,130
Janesville-Beloit, WI$37,950$34,720$55,520
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,940$32,000$56,110
Texas$37,930$30,240$52,410
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,930$31,600$55,640
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$37,920$34,590$58,870
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,890$30,530$71,450
Jonesboro, AR$37,860$31,060$53,200
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,840$32,690$55,430
Huntsville, AL$37,820$31,130$52,530
Jefferson City, MO$37,770$35,580$55,450
Tucson, AZ$37,740$33,480$48,500
Montgomery, AL$37,740$17,840$49,540
Pittsfield, MA$37,730$35,470$51,460
Wichita, KS$37,660$31,060$46,600
Raleigh-Cary, NC$37,650$34,930$59,260
Knoxville, TN$37,650$34,240$58,500
Arkansas$37,640$30,870$51,170
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,640$31,220$59,710
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,570$30,770$56,100
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$37,500$33,220$59,220
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$37,480$26,110$45,100
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,480$30,770$50,200
Louisiana$37,440$26,110$47,750
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,340$31,570$48,320
Tulsa, OK$37,330$27,360$52,380
Erie, PA$37,330$28,400$53,930
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$37,320$31,470$59,490
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$37,310$30,150$50,170
Traverse City, MI$37,300$37,300$38,070
Columbus, IN$37,170$35,000$54,260
Gainesville, FL$37,170$32,100$48,370
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,120$31,300$44,310
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$37,080$30,850$49,310
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$37,030$32,020$52,730
Bend, OR$37,010$29,860$62,370
Alabama$37,000$21,580$53,130
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$36,980$31,530$56,650
Monroe, MI$36,970$31,550$50,490
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$36,940$27,630$53,210
Lima, OH$36,940$30,980$54,380
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,740$29,120$49,540
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$36,730$29,120$49,200
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$36,660$31,840$58,060
Tuscaloosa, AL$36,560$22,930$47,290
Jackson, TN$36,250$30,080$57,110
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$36,220$28,930$44,030
Binghamton, NY$36,200$31,200$53,090
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,200$31,650$47,960
Wilmington, NC$36,110$28,520$61,070
Jackson, MI$35,940$30,450$81,490
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,920$30,140$47,170
New Jersey$35,910$31,470$52,840
Saginaw, MI$35,790$27,510$57,710
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,730$27,420$58,430
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,730$29,790$47,260
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,720$27,980$58,490
Coeur d'Alene, ID$35,620$29,370$48,800
Eugene-Springfield, OR$35,560$29,200$46,150
Niles, MI$35,480$31,720$57,470
Longview, TX$35,460$29,380$48,060
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$35,410$30,410$59,600
Boise City, ID$35,400$33,260$42,580
Omaha, NE-IA$35,390$30,680$57,680
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,380$26,870$47,760
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,380$23,250$48,240
Auburn-Opelika, AL$35,230$25,310$47,660
Grants Pass, OR$35,160$29,980$46,690
Worcester, MA$35,160$34,980$48,070
Idaho$35,080$31,700$49,070
Bay City, MI$34,910$30,390$44,590
Salem, OR$34,900$29,770$43,170
El Paso, TX$34,780$28,070$45,240
Mansfield, OH$34,780$33,160$48,480
Springfield, IL$34,560$29,120$57,530
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,510$29,440$50,330
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$34,430$28,990$43,720
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$34,210$31,470$50,510
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$34,150$16,150$44,780
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,070$28,810$44,160
Dothan, AL$33,860$26,730$38,980
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$33,750$16,140$54,700
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,040$29,850$36,850
Dalton, GA$31,850$31,850$36,160
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$31,770$24,050$47,070
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$31,760$29,210$50,830
Amarillo, TX$31,180$27,240$45,590
Flint, MI$30,480$29,080$46,060
Hot Springs, AR$30,140$30,120$42,520
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,820$16,140$37,720
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$27,650$25,830$35,990
Puerto Rico$22,570$20,990$32,790
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,240$20,950$39,430

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make?▾

The median annual salary for a Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is $41,230, with a typical range of $31,990 – $60,110 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic positions typically start around $31,990 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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