Foundry Mold and Coremakers · SOC 51-4071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Foundry Mold and Coremakerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for foundry mold and coremakers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 34 metro areas

Foundry Mold and Coremakers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$67,060	230	0.2
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,090	60	0.0
3	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$57,630	210	0.1
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$55,210	320	0.0
5	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$54,920	80	0.9
6	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$54,080	120	0.0
7	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$52,010	80	0.1
8	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$50,610	170	0.0
9	Anniston-Oxford, AL	$50,420	170	3.9
10	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$49,600	Not published	Not published
11	Cleveland, OH	$49,040	330	0.3
12	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$48,190	40	0.1
13	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$47,560	60	0.2
14	Pittsburgh, PA	$47,550	150	0.1
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,520	70	0.0
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,440	240	0.0
17	Columbus, OH	$46,970	40	0.0
18	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$46,740	50	0.3
19	York-Hanover, PA	$46,660	50	0.3
20	Monroe, MI	$46,600	50	1.1
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,360	50	0.0
22	Erie, PA	$46,290	80	0.6
23	Reading, PA	$46,260	50	0.3
24	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$46,200	400	0.5
25	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$46,110	60	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Foundry Mold and Coremakers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.