Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-9195
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic Salary in the Greenville Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area
Figures describe the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Greenville city limits.
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area earned a median of $46,450 per year ($22.33 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,890 at the 10th percentile to $79,800 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in the Greenville metro area earn more than $46,450 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,850 and $72,000.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $36,890 | $37,850 | $46,450 | $72,000 | $79,800 |
| Hourly | $17.74 | $18.20 | $22.33 | $34.62 | $38.37 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Greenville metro areathis metro area$46,450 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $37,850 to $72,000
- South Carolinastate (SC)$46,110 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $37,780 to $49,250
- United Statesnational$46,170 median for United States; middle half earns $39,280 to $53,000
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs South Carolina overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Greenville metro area has the 72nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 131 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in South Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Greenville metro areathis page$46,450 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $37,850 to $72,000
- $49,550 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $47,790 to $55,340
- $44,790 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $37,470 to $46,660
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastics · Highest-paying occupations in Greenville Metro
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.