The median annual wage for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $45,460 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $46,780.
Pay spans roughly $37,360 at the 10th percentile to $60,560 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $21.86 per hour. An estimated 1,300 people work as molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.
| Median (annual) | $45,460 |
| Mean (annual) | $46,780 |
| Median (hourly) | $21.86 |
| 10th percentile | $37,360 |
| 90th percentile | $60,560 |
| Employment | 1,300 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.