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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · SOC 51-4072

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$43,940
Median hourly wage$21.12

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $43,940 per year ($21.12 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,900 at the 10th percentile to $61,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,690 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in the Boston metro area earn more than $43,940 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,310 and $48,740.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,900$38,310$43,940$48,740$61,180
Hourly$17.74$18.42$21.12$23.43$29.41

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

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $43,940
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $42,570
  • United Statesnational
    $44,350

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

The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,260$44,693$61,127$77,560McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,260Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,540San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,720Lynchburg, VA — $30,930Hot Springs, AR — $31,110Greenville, NC — $33,190Dothan, AL — $34,230El Paso, TX — $34,310Flint, MI — $34,570Vineland, NJ — $34,870Anniston-Oxford, AL — $35,220Wilmington, NC — $35,580Burlington, NC — $36,040College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,280Owensboro, KY — $36,430Erie, PA — $36,530Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $36,560Niles, MI — $36,600Grants Pass, OR — $36,610Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,670Richmond, VA — $36,720Janesville-Beloit, WI — $36,810Jacksonville, FL — $36,850Monroe, MI — $37,050Fond du Lac, WI — $37,070Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $37,150Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,230Worcester, MA — $37,370Jackson, TN — $37,400Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,400Binghamton, NY — $37,410Logan, UT-ID — $37,410Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,540Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,630South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,650Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,760Roanoke, VA — $37,760Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,790Jackson, MS — $37,870Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $37,970Jackson, MI — $38,020Gainesville, GA — $38,060Traverse City, MI — $38,070Tuscaloosa, AL — $38,140Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,270Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,270Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $38,370Columbus, IN — $38,420Gadsden, AL — $38,420Raleigh-Cary, NC — $38,420Wichita, KS — $38,600Waco, TX — $38,650Johnson City, TN — $38,820Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $38,820Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,870Pittsfield, MA — $38,960Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,080Ann Arbor, MI — $39,170North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,170Tucson, AZ — $39,190Greensboro-High Point, NC — $39,310Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,340Boise City, ID — $39,380Knoxville, TN — $39,400Winston-Salem, NC — $39,450Tulsa, OK — $39,520Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $39,680Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,720Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,790Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $39,790Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $39,880Morristown, TN — $40,090Asheville, NC — $40,170Birmingham, AL — $40,530San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $40,580Carson City, NV — $40,810Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,820Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $41,050Battle Creek, MI — $41,070Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $41,110Toledo, OH — $41,350Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $41,630Rochester, NY — $41,790Colorado Springs, CO — $41,990Mansfield, OH — $42,050Coeur d'Alene, ID — $42,200Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,290Lewiston, ID-WA — $42,390Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $42,500Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $42,510Manchester-Nashua, NH — $42,570Twin Falls, ID — $42,690Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,340Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $43,370Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $43,390New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $43,500Huntsville, AL — $43,630Lima, OH — $43,720Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $43,750Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $43,770Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $43,880Terre Haute, IN — $43,880Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $43,920Springfield, MA — $43,920Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $43,940Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,970Boulder, CO — $44,020Springfield, MO — $44,170La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $44,240Decatur, AL — $44,320Bend, OR — $44,360St. Louis, MO-IL — $44,370Green Bay, WI — $44,380Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,450Cleveland, TN — $44,510Akron, OH — $44,530Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $44,840Cleveland, OH — $44,860Gettysburg, PA — $44,870Rockford, IL — $44,880Tyler, TX — $44,930Syracuse, NY — $45,010Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,020Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,100Madison, WI — $45,150Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,190Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,270Williamsport, PA — $45,270Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $45,300Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,410Fresno, CA — $45,440Bowling Green, KY — $45,490Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,520Chico, CA — $45,530Pittsburgh, PA — $45,570Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,570Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $45,590Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $45,600Eau Claire, WI — $45,650Fargo, ND-MN — $45,650Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,650Kenosha, WI — $45,670Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,730Florence, SC — $45,820Omaha, NE-IA — $45,830Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,940York-Hanover, PA — $45,970New Haven, CT — $46,070Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,090Winchester, VA-WV — $46,090Jonesboro, AR — $46,140Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $46,250Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,280Fort Wayne, IN — $46,420Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,510Spartanburg, SC — $46,530Champaign-Urbana, IL — $46,600Dubuque, IA — $46,720Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $46,720Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,750Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $46,760Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,960Montgomery, AL — $46,990Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,050Columbus, OH — $47,120Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,120Modesto, CA — $47,240Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,260Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $47,280Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,320Joplin, MO-KS — $47,330Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,550Lincoln, NE — $47,690Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,710Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,710Glens Falls, NY — $47,740San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,840Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,850Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $47,910Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $47,930Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,960Pueblo, CO — $48,010Vallejo, CA — $48,050Greeley, CO — $48,200Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $48,430Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,470Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,700Jefferson City, MO — $48,700Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,710Lancaster, PA — $48,780Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $48,890Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,020Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $49,040Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,130Midland, MI — $49,270Reno, NV — $49,590Albany, OR — $49,700Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $50,310San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $50,700Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $50,710St. Joseph, MO-KS — $51,020St. Cloud, MN — $51,060Ogden, UT — $51,230Oklahoma City, OK — $51,360San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $52,810Utica-Rome, NY — $53,160Corpus Christi, TX — $53,890Reading, PA — $54,470Mobile, AL — $55,350Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $55,400Sheboygan, WI — $55,410Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $55,550Columbia, SC — $55,670San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $56,130Peoria, IL — $56,720Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $58,730Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $60,430Evansville, IN — $61,160Portland-South Portland, ME — $62,690Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $66,540Saginaw, MI — $74,130Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $74,650Urban Honolulu, HI — $77,560

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 Boston metro area has the 119th-highest published median for this occupation among the 223 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 Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $43,940
  • Springfield metro area
    $43,920
  • Amherst Town metro area
    $41,050
  • Pittsfield metro area
    $38,960
  • Worcester metro area
    $37,370

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:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,860Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$48,060First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$82,660Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$58,210Machinists$72,060Bakers$38,570

Highest-paying metro areas for molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastics · Highest-paying occupations in Boston 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.