SOC 51-4071 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Foundry Mold and Coremakers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Foundry Mold and Coremakers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $52,010. The 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $57,350. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$52,010

10th percentile
$44,030
25th percentile
$51,580
Median
$52,010
75th percentile
$57,350
90th percentile
$57,350
Mean
$52,920

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Foundry Mold and Coremakers, the published 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $57,350. The difference is $13,320, which is 25.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $51,580 to the 75th at $57,350, covers $5,770.

The mean annual wage is $52,920, which sits above the median of $52,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 8.1% higher than the national median of $48,110 for Foundry Mold and Coremakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,427, which is 11.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.9% higher than the North Carolina median of $46,910.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Foundry Mold and Coremakers at $53,427 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Foundry Mold and Coremakers. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 97 miles away, with a median of $45,950 and employment of 40. That median is 11.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,271, against $53,427 here.

Employment share

Foundry Mold and Coremakers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (80 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.72 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Foundry Mold and Coremakers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Foundry Mold and Coremakers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $52,010. The 10th percentile is $44,030 and the 90th percentile is $57,350. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Foundry Mold and Coremakers?

The local median is 8.1% higher than the national median of $48,110.

What is Foundry Mold and Coremakers pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $52,010 is $53,427. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC compare with nearby metros for Foundry Mold and Coremakers?

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 97 miles away, at $45,950. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.