Pourers and Casters, Metal Salary and Pay
How much do Pourers and Casters, Metal make?
The median Pourers and Casters, Metal worker earns $48,940 a year ($23.53), and the mean annual wage is $51,320. BLS counted 5,830 people in this occupation in May 2024. The middle half of earners make between $41,410 and $59,850.
What Pourers and Casters, Metal actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $48,940 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Hourly figures use the BLS full-time convention of 2,080 hours a year. The converter loads this occupation's own ladder, median $48,940 first; type any offer into the custom box to price it against the same year.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,250 | $17.91 |
| 25th percentile | $41,410 | $19.91 |
| Median (50th) | $48,940 | $23.53 |
| 75th percentile | $59,850 | $28.78 |
| 90th percentile | $68,030 | $32.71 |
Percentiles answer the question a single average cannot: where would a given Pourers and Casters, Metal offer sit among all 5,830 workers doing this job? The survey top-codes at $239,200+ and withholds unreliable cells, shown as n/p in the table.
Employment and concentration
With 5,830 jobs nationally, Pourers and Casters, Metal make up 0.00% of U.S. employment as BLS measured it in May 2024. The map is uneven: Indiana alone holds 1,060 of those jobs, the top three states hold 40.0%, and the deepest concentration sits in Indiana (location quotient 8.80, where 1.00 is the national average). A quotient above 2 usually signals a local industry cluster rather than evenly spread demand.
The spread matters as much as the center. Earners at the 90th percentile make $68,030, which is 1.8 times the $37,250 at the 10th, a difference of $30,780 annually. Because the mean wage ($51,320) sits above the median ($48,940), a typical offer should be judged against the median and the 25th to 75th percentile band, not the mean.
Pay by state
The state spread for Pourers and Casters, Metal runs from the $62,080 median in Florida down through every other publishing state. Employment concentrates in Indiana (1,060 jobs). The complete table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,060 | 0.3 | 8.80 | $53,570 | $54,110 |
| Pennsylvania | 680 | 0.1 | 2.99 | $45,410 | $44,060 |
| Ohio | 590 | 0.1 | 2.80 | $49,830 | $47,310 |
| Texas | 480 | 0.0 | 0.92 | $51,820 | $48,800 |
| Michigan | 400 | 0.1 | 2.42 | $56,340 | $57,690 |
| Illinois | 340 | 0.1 | 1.49 | $63,290 | $56,090 |
| Wisconsin | 330 | 0.1 | 3.02 | $49,680 | $46,170 |
| California | 250 | 0.0 | 0.36 | $44,370 | $40,770 |
| Alabama | 200 | 0.1 | 2.55 | $46,120 | $39,210 |
| Tennessee | 130 | 0.0 | 1.07 | $53,260 | $47,100 |
| Kentucky | 120 | 0.1 | 1.62 | $48,090 | $44,700 |
| Massachusetts | 120 | 0.0 | 0.87 | $58,670 | $58,910 |
| Arkansas | 110 | 0.1 | 2.18 | $46,260 | $40,300 |
| Iowa | 110 | 0.1 | 1.85 | $54,840 | $54,320 |
| Missouri | 110 | 0.0 | 1.04 | $49,350 | $47,210 |
| West Virginia | 70 | 0.1 | 2.63 | $48,950 | $44,700 |
| Oregon | 60 | 0.0 | 0.84 | $53,070 | $50,230 |
| Virginia | 60 | 0.0 | 0.40 | $46,590 | $45,480 |
| Georgia | 50 | 0.0 | 0.27 | $59,480 | $56,190 |
| North Carolina | 50 | 0.0 | 0.26 | $56,340 | $58,640 |
| New York | 40 | 0.0 | 0.11 | $56,310 | $49,720 |
| Utah | 40 | 0.0 | 0.59 | $47,200 | $44,450 |
| Florida | n/p | n/p | n/p | $66,970 | $62,080 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Pourers and Casters, Metal stands number 744 by employment and number 548 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Production Occupations, the group median wage is $46,020 across 105 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 6% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.1% of the group's 8,743,430 jobs. In 10 of the 23 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $48,940, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is the largest metro employer with 490 jobs, 8.4% of the national total. The first table ranks metros by employment; the second ranks them by mean pay among metros with at least 500 jobs in the occupation, because a three-person metro can top a pay table by accident.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 490 | $59,220 | $59,850 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 220 | n/p | n/p |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 140 | $51,640 | $48,320 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 140 | $45,370 | $43,020 |
| Cleveland, OH | 120 | $48,240 | $43,510 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 110 | $57,170 | $49,770 |
| Reading, PA | 110 | $46,390 | $42,230 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 90 | $60,060 | $64,090 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 70 | $47,450 | $48,930 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 50 | $43,400 | $37,540 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
The median annual wage of $48,940 works out to $4,078 a month before taxes, $1,882 per biweekly paycheck, and $941 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($41,410) to the 75th ($59,850) is worth $18,440 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. Run the median through the paycheck calculator for a take-home estimate in your state, compare an offer against your current pay with the salary calculator, and check whether a raise actually beats prices with the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $53,834 would sit between the median ($48,940) and the 75th percentile ($59,850), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $41,410, is $7,530 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Production Occupations
Compare the ladder above with the closest relatives in the survey: Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, Etchers and Engravers, Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers, Cutters and Trimmers, Hand, Woodworkers, All Other, Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders. The Careers hub carries the whole branch, group by group.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Pourers and Casters, Metal make an hour?
The median hourly wage is $23.53, and the mean hourly wage is $24.68, from the May 2024 OEWS estimates. Annual figures for Pourers and Casters, Metal use the survey's 2,080-hour year where a conversion is needed, which is how the $48,940 annual median and the hourly figures reconcile.
Which state pays Pourers and Casters, Metal the most?
Florida, with a median annual wage of $62,080 across n/p jobs. The full state table on this page ranks every publishing state by employment and shows median and mean side by side.
How big is the Pourers and Casters, Metal workforce?
5,830 wage and salary workers in May 2024, 0.00% of U.S. employment in the survey. Employment concentrates most in Indiana by location quotient (8.80).
How current is this Pourers and Casters, Metal salary data?
These are the May 2024 OEWS estimates behind the $48,940 median and the 5,830 job count on this page, released by BLS on April 2, 2025 and downloaded on November 5, 2026. OEWS is an employer survey, so those figures describe wages actually paid in this occupation, not advertised ranges.