Wages & salaries for Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA Wages & salaries for Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (Occupation [OCC] code: 51-4072) in Reading, PA (BLS Area code: 39740 ) earned an average wage of $16.24 per hour and an average annual salary of $33,770Reading, PA540Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plasticIndustry comparison
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA earned 24% more than average for Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA earned 4% less than the average worker in Reading, PA.

State salary comparison
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA earned 12% less than the average worker in Pennsylvania.

National salary comparison
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA earned 14% less than the average worker in the United States.

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PAMolding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA

Mean hourly wage:	$16.24
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$9.51
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$10.95
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$16.54
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$20.28
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$23.05

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Reading, PA

Mean annual salary:	$33,770
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$19,780
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$22,780
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$34,400
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$42,170
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$47,940