Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-9195
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic Salary in the Oregon
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Oregon
Figures describe the state of Oregon as a whole.
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in the Oregon earned a median of $52,740 per year ($25.36 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,270 at the 10th percentile to $64,060 at the 90th. BLS estimates 410 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in the Oregon earn more than $52,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,000 and $57,420.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,270 | $48,000 | $52,740 | $57,420 | $64,060 |
| Hourly | $18.88 | $23.08 | $25.36 | $27.61 | $30.80 |
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
- Oregon$52,740 median for Oregon; middle half earns $48,000 to $57,420
- 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 +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Oregon
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.
- Oregonthis page$52,740 median for Oregon; middle half earns $48,000 to $57,420
- $54,410 median for Bend metro area; middle half earns $50,420 to $54,880
- $52,220 median for Salem metro area; middle half earns $50,440 to $54,980
- $50,180 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $46,560 to $58,320
- $49,860 median for Eugene metro area; middle half earns $40,000 to $51,670
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 Oregon
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.