Highest-paying Cities for Foundry Mold and Coremakers

The top 100 highest paying cities for foundry mold and coremakers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of foundry mold and coremakers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,530, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington is the highest paying city for foundry mold and coremakers. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $49,840). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of foundry mold and coremakers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Foundry Mold and Coremakers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$60,530	$36,420	190
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$49,840	$39,210	60
3	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$49,710	$36,010	240
4	Worcester, Massachusetts	$49,440	$35,390	n/a
5	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,310	$31,730	390
6	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$48,850	$37,800	40
7	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$48,150	$40,030	40
8	Salt Lake City, Utah	$47,910	$28,180	40
9	New Haven, Connecticut	$47,510	$36,650	n/a
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,480	$29,760	80
11	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,330	$31,670	100
12	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$47,250	$33,660	140
13	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,650	$36,110	110
14	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$46,650	$28,730	30
15	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,560	$37,800	50
16	Rochester, New York	$46,550	$32,180	30
17	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,430	$29,620	140
18	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,210	$29,620	70
19	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$45,820	$24,860	160
20	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$45,760	$35,960	60
21	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,540	$39,280	50
22	Camden, New Jersey	$44,780	$30,050	60
23	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$44,590	$32,290	280
24	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$44,100	$35,090	370
25	Springfield, Massachusetts	$43,570	$34,210	60
26	Peoria, Illinois	$43,460	$30,920	50
27	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$43,260	$31,310	100
28	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$43,070	$35,960	130
29	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$42,760	$32,560	180
30	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$42,680	$28,500	n/a
31	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$42,590	$28,660	40
32	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$42,510	$30,020	100
33	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$42,460	$34,700	100
34	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$42,270	$24,870	120
35	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$41,920	$29,460	120
36	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$41,570	$32,220	120
37	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,550	$36,650	120
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$41,150	$33,790	180
39	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$41,040	$39,570	330
40	Madison, Wisconsin	$40,690	$27,350	90
41	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$40,420	$26,450	70
42	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$40,160	$31,110	170
43	Akron, Ohio	$39,690	$32,750	70
44	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$39,630	$32,210	80
45	Spokane, Washington	$39,500	$33,690	140
46	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$39,480	$32,350	170
47	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$39,200	$30,870	70
48	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$39,150	$35,260	70
49	Dubuque, Iowa	$38,930	$34,290	40
50	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$38,900	$27,770	n/a
51	Muncie, Indiana	$38,890	$24,980	50
52	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$38,840	$31,680	30
53	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$38,710	$37,680	90
54	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$38,670	$36,730	140
55	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$38,590	$24,280	60
56	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$38,480	$37,480	90
57	Provo-Orem, Utah	$38,480	$31,730	50
58	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$38,390	$31,190	30
59	Janesville, Wisconsin	$38,350	$27,960	80
60	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$38,160	$30,110	40
61	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$38,140	$25,530	80
62	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$38,100	$29,050	80
63	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$38,090	$28,030	130
64	Appleton, Wisconsin	$37,970	$30,000	30
65	Knoxville, Tennessee	$37,940	$31,560	80
66	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$37,890	$24,940	40
67	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$37,850	$35,900	70
68	Reading, Pennsylvania	$37,710	$28,180	80
69	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,560	$31,220	30
70	Wichita, Kansas	$37,550	$37,550	60
71	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$37,440	$30,930	180
72	Syracuse, New York	$37,270	$32,970	30
73	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,160	$34,760	370
74	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$37,090	$30,550	170
75	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,060	$23,470	150
76	St Louis, Missouri	$36,780	$31,300	150
77	Prescott, Arizona	$36,680	$29,010	120
78	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$36,490	$27,250	n/a
79	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$36,430	$29,460	70
80	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$36,250	$27,630	100
81	Dayton, Ohio	$35,980	$22,220	60
82	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$35,760	$26,370	30
83	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,680	$26,420	220
84	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$35,410	$32,760	80
85	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$35,060	$28,600	60
86	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,010	$32,060	90
87	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$34,900	$27,890	30
88	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$34,850	$24,250	60
89	Decatur, Illinois	$34,390	$24,540	n/a
90	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$34,360	$30,770	110
91	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$34,260	$25,390	n/a
92	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$34,180	$26,710	50
93	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$33,600	$20,770	70
94	Longview, Texas	$33,580	$27,470	40
95	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$33,180	$27,600	30
96	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$33,180	$25,230	n/a
97	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$33,070	$21,000	130
98	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$32,940	$21,960	340
99	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$32,930	$27,650	40
100	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$32,800	$29,110	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for foundry mold and coremakers.