How much do Foundry Mold and Coremakers make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

Percentile spread

For Foundry Mold and Coremakers, the published 10th percentile is $48,790 and the 90th percentile is $79,610. The difference is $30,820, which is 46.0% 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 $54,250 to the 75th at $67,940, covers $13,690.

The mean annual wage is $63,140, which sits below the median of $67,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 39.4% higher than the national median of $48,110 for Foundry Mold and Coremakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,612, which is 32.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Oregon median of $67,060.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Oregon, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $67,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Foundry Mold and Coremakers at $63,612 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. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 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).).

• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $58,090 and employment of 60. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,271, against $63,612 here.

Employment share

Foundry Mold and Coremakers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (230 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.31 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.