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Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-9195

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$60,130
Median hourly wage$28.91

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $60,130 per year ($28.91 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,240 at the 10th percentile to $85,690 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in the San Jose metro area earn more than $60,130 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,810 and $74,270.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,240$50,810$60,130$74,270$85,690
Hourly$22.71$24.43$28.91$35.71$41.20

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.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $60,130
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $49,190
  • United Statesnational
    $46,170

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +22% vs California overall and +30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$24,650$39,263$53,877$68,490McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $24,650Mobile, AL — $35,860Evansville, IN — $36,070Idaho Falls, ID — $37,440Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,510Jackson, MS — $37,580Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $37,970South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,110Cleveland, OH — $39,060Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,160Birmingham, AL — $39,400Altoona, PA — $39,450St. George, UT — $39,470Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $39,630Duluth, MN-WI — $39,660Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $39,980Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,980Raleigh-Cary, NC — $40,080Greensboro-High Point, NC — $40,370Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $40,820Winston-Salem, NC — $41,580Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $41,960Ogden, UT — $42,170Peoria, IL — $42,210Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $42,320Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $42,490Springfield, MO — $43,300Visalia, CA — $43,360Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,450St. Louis, MO-IL — $43,460Chambersburg, PA — $43,620Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $43,660Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $43,680Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $43,710Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $43,890Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,030Pittsburgh, PA — $44,210Roanoke, VA — $44,280Columbus, OH — $44,290Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,330Richmond, VA — $44,420Columbia, SC — $44,790San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,820Jacksonville, FL — $44,910Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $44,930Fargo, ND-MN — $45,040Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,090Flint, MI — $45,110New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,410Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $45,480Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $45,670Stockton-Lodi, CA — $45,670Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,790North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,810Boise City, ID — $45,860Reno, NV — $46,000Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,060Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $46,110Wichita, KS — $46,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,450Reading, PA — $46,460Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,480Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,480Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,490Omaha, NE-IA — $46,510Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,640Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $46,650Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,050Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,140Oklahoma City, OK — $47,150Tucson, AZ — $47,150Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,160Tulsa, OK — $47,210Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,370Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,400Fort Wayne, IN — $47,530Rockford, IL — $47,590Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,640Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $47,720Tuscaloosa, AL — $47,770Lancaster, PA — $47,780Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,970Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,130San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $48,140Akron, OH — $48,320Syracuse, NY — $48,370Bloomington, IN — $48,520Springfield, MA — $48,520York-Hanover, PA — $48,540Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,580Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,800Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,890Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $49,020Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $49,080Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,110Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,300Fresno, CA — $49,500Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $49,500Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,530Spartanburg, SC — $49,550Madison, WI — $49,700Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,720Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,840Eugene-Springfield, OR — $49,860Portland-South Portland, ME — $49,880New Haven, CT — $50,110Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $50,180Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,370Greeley, CO — $50,520Rochester, NY — $50,740Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,110Salinas, CA — $51,320Manchester-Nashua, NH — $51,470Wausau, WI — $51,980Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $52,090Salem, OR — $52,220Joplin, MO-KS — $52,560Bend, OR — $54,410Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $54,500Worcester, MA — $54,920Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $55,530Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,110Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $56,320Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $56,770San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $57,300Colorado Springs, CO — $58,570New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,320Modesto, CA — $59,990San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,130Bozeman, MT — $61,010Vineland, NJ — $68,490

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 San Jose metro area has the 3rd-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 California

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.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $60,130
  • Modesto metro area
    $59,990
  • San Francisco metro area
    $57,300
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $56,320
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $52,090
  • Salinas metro area
    $51,320
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $49,840

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:

Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$55,230Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$52,360Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,610First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$89,970Semiconductor Processing Technicians$50,820Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$59,620

Highest-paying metro areas for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastics · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.