SOC 51-4071 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Foundry Mold and Coremakers make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Foundry Mold and Coremakers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $57,630. The 10th percentile is $51,220 and the 90th percentile is $79,280. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$57,630

10th percentile
$51,220
25th percentile
$56,240
Median
$57,630
75th percentile
$76,620
90th percentile
$79,280
Mean
$63,610

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Foundry Mold and Coremakers, the published 10th percentile is $51,220 and the 90th percentile is $79,280. The difference is $28,060, which is 48.7% 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 $56,240 to the 75th at $76,620, covers $20,380.

The mean annual wage is $63,610, which sits above the median of $57,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 19.8% higher than the national median of $48,110 for Foundry Mold and Coremakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,979, which is 14.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% higher than the Minnesota median of $56,840.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Minnesota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Foundry Mold and Coremakers at $54,979 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. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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).).

  • Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is 181 miles away, with a median of $54,920 and employment of 80. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,085, against $54,979 here.

Employment share

Foundry Mold and Coremakers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (210 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Foundry Mold and Coremakers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $57,630. The 10th percentile is $51,220 and the 90th percentile is $79,280. Employment is 210.

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

The local median is 19.8% higher than the national median of $48,110.

What is Foundry Mold and Coremakers pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,630 is $54,979. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI compare with nearby metros for Foundry Mold and Coremakers?

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 181 miles away, at $54,920. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.