Pourers and Casters, Metal salary

SOC 51-4052 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$51,810

per year, nationally

Middle half

$45,190–$61,700

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

4,560

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-4.7%

600 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$38,480$72,040

10th: $38,480
25th: $45,190
Median: $51,810
75th: $61,700
90th: $72,040

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where pourers and casters, metal earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Tennessee	$71,880	91.9	120	1.28×
2	Massachusetts	$62,820	105.8	—	—
3	Florida	$62,090	103.4	40	0.14×
4	Indiana	$61,430	93.3	530	5.62×
5	Ohio	$60,770	92.8	460	2.84×
6	Michigan	$60,280	96.2	360	2.81×
7	North Carolina	$57,700	94.3	100	0.72×
8	Illinois	$57,200	100.0	330	1.83×
9	Washington	$54,210	107.0	80	0.80×
10	Texas	$52,100	97.1	500	1.22×
11	Oregon	$52,010	103.4	60	1.05×
12	Kansas	$50,530	90.1	70	1.72×
13	Iowa	$49,010	87.8	80	1.79×
14	Missouri	$48,850	90.8	60	0.69×
15	Wisconsin	$47,880	94.1	320	3.67×
16	Alabama	$47,330	88.8	160	2.57×
17	Pennsylvania	$47,220	97.6	290	1.61×
18	Arkansas	$45,410	86.9	90	2.42×
19	Utah	$45,140	98.9	30	0.67×
20	California	$44,150	110.7	240	0.44×
21	Mississippi	$43,370	87.0	30	0.90×
22	Virginia	$39,420	101.1	60	0.46×
23	Kentucky	$38,800	90.2	60	0.99×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where pourers and casters, metal wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for pourers and casters, metal

The 15 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$66,120	108.3	40	0.52×
2	Columbus, OH	$66,040	95.5	40	1.20×
3	Cleveland, OH	$63,040	93.9	150	4.87×
4	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$61,680	103.6	320	2.42×
5	Youngstown-Warren, OH	$58,870	87.4	40	9.16×
6	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$58,240	103.1	150	1.30×
7	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$53,100	96.9	100	4.10×
8	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$51,700	100.3	40	0.73×
9	Madison, WI	$50,300	97.3	30	2.66×
10	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$49,780	100.0	70	6.73×
11	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$47,750	95.7	80	2.56×
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,020	113.6	120	0.68×
13	Reading, PA	$41,400	97.1	30	6.60×
14	Killeen-Temple, TX	$37,970	91.1	40	9.70×
15	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$37,560	95.5	70	4.10×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where pourers and casters, metal wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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