How much do Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA?

Percentile spread

For Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $39,370 and the 90th percentile is $49,980. The difference is $10,610, which is 25.8% 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 $41,050 to the 75th at $44,690, covers $3,640.

The mean annual wage is $43,450, which sits above the median of $41,050. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amherst Town-Northampton, MA median is 7.4% lower than the national median of $44,350 for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,950, which is 7.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.6% lower than the Massachusetts median of $42,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 100.243, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,050 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $40,950 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA ranks 17th of 23 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).).

• Springfield, MA is 14 miles away, with a median of $43,920 and employment of 340. That median is 7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,721, against $40,950 here.
• Pittsfield, MA is 28 miles away, with a median of $38,960 and employment of 70. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,965, against $40,950 here.
• Worcester, MA is 37 miles away, with a median of $37,370 and employment of 1,040. That median is 9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,450, against $40,950 here.