The median annual wage for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is $40,710 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $44,280.
Pay spans roughly $36,450 at the 10th percentile to $60,280 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $19.57 per hour. An estimated 1,740 people work as molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
| Median (annual) | $40,710 |
| Mean (annual) | $44,280 |
| Median (hourly) | $19.57 |
| 10th percentile | $36,450 |
| 90th percentile | $60,280 |
| Employment | 1,740 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.