The median annual wage for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is $49,780 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $49,150.
Pay spans roughly $33,750 at the 10th percentile to $69,290 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $23.93 per hour. An estimated 40 people work as molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA.
| Median (annual) | $49,780 |
| Mean (annual) | $49,150 |
| Median (hourly) | $23.93 |
| 10th percentile | $33,750 |
| 90th percentile | $69,290 |
| Employment | 40 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.