SOC 51-4072 · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Orlando, FL

The average salary for molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Orlando, Florida is $42,510 a year ($20.44 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $39,720: half of the 380 people in this job in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 8% less than the U.S. average for this job ($45,960).

$42,510average per year

$20.44 / hourMedian $39,720Take-home ≈ $36,337

  • $31K10th
  • $36K25th
  • $40KMedian
  • $49K75th
  • $53K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

380people in this job
-8%vs U.S. average
#5 of 8Florida metros
101cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay range in Orlando

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,210 a year or less, while the top 10% make $52,700 or more. The middle half of molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Orlando earn between $35,850 and $49,160.

  • $31K10th
  • $36K25th
  • $40KMedian
  • $49K75th
  • $53K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$42,510$3,542$20.44
Median$39,720$3,310$19.10
Entry level (25th percentile)$35,850$2,988$17.24
Experienced (75th percentile)$49,160$4,097$23.63

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Orlando vs. Florida and the U.S.

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Orlando earn about the same as the Florida average ($42,150) and 8% less than the U.S. average ($45,960). At the median the gap is -10% against the U.S. median of $44,350.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Orlando$42,510$39,720$31,210$52,700380
Florida$42,150$38,440$31,200$58,0403,290
United States$45,960$44,350$34,170$61,600150,470

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary after taxes in Orlando

On the average salary of $42,510, a single filer in Orlando takes home about $36,337 a year, or $3,028 a month and $1,398 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Orlando a good place for molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Orlando area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.4), so the average $42,510 buys what about $41,916 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Orlando ($46,630). A typical home costs $387,733, or 9.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in other Florida cities

Orlando ranks 5th of 8 Florida metro areas for this job; Palm Bay pays the most ($47,650).

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Honolulu, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($77,490).

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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Orlando: questions

How much do molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic make an hour in Orlando?

$20.44 an hour on average, and $19.10 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salary in Orlando?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,210 a year and the 25th percentile is $35,850, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic take-home pay in Orlando?

About $36,337 a year ($3,028 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $42,510. Florida has no state income tax.

Do molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn more in Orlando than elsewhere?

The average here is 8% less than the U.S. average for this job ($45,960).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 51-4072; area Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (36740). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 2.1%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.28, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.28).

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