How much do Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

Percentile spread

For Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $35,460 and the 90th percentile is $58,640. The difference is $23,180, which is 50.9% 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 $37,510 to the 75th at $47,490, covers $9,980.

The mean annual wage is $45,590, which sits above the median of $45,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 2.8% higher 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 $42,812, which is 3.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% lower than the California median of $47,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic at $42,812 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 5th of 6 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).).

• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111 miles away, with a median of $47,840 and employment of 840. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,757, against $42,812 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $47,960 and employment of 3,740. That median is 5.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,231, against $42,812 here.
• Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is 132 miles away, with a median of $55,400 and employment of 190. That median is 21.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,281, against $42,812 here.

Employment share

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (1,910 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (150,470 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.15 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.