The median annual wage for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Albuquerque, NM is $40,700 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $40,670.
Pay spans roughly $34,230 at the 10th percentile to $47,690 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $19.57 per hour. An estimated 200 people work as molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Albuquerque, NM.
| Median (annual) | $40,700 |
| Mean (annual) | $40,670 |
| Median (hourly) | $19.57 |
| 10th percentile | $34,230 |
| 90th percentile | $47,690 |
| Employment | 200 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.