The median annual wage for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in St. Louis, MO-IL is $49,220 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $47,770.
Pay spans roughly $32,250 at the 10th percentile to $60,180 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $23.66 per hour. An estimated 2,190 people work as molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in St. Louis, MO-IL.
| Median (annual) | $49,220 |
| Mean (annual) | $47,770 |
| Median (hourly) | $23.66 |
| 10th percentile | $32,250 |
| 90th percentile | $60,180 |
| Employment | 2,190 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.