Tool and Die Makers Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Tool and Die Makers in Richmond, Virginia earns $66,030 a year.

$66,030 / year, mean
↓ 2.7% below national average 67th percentile in Virginia

Richmond sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Virginia — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for tool and die makers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
30
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.6%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $107,510 San Francisco $90,660 Albany $83,480 San Diego $80,280 Buffalo $78,620 Lexington $77,860 Portland $77,720 Stockton $76,530 New York $76,290 Los Angeles $75,550 Lafayette $74,180 Philadelphia $72,800 Bay City $71,940 Virginia Beach $71,640 Detroit $71,120 Louisville $71,020 Saginaw $70,000 Jacksonville $69,850 Syracuse $69,320 Oxnard $69,280 Bowling Green $68,310 Columbus $68,240 Corpus Christi $67,460 Riverside $67,380 Reading $67,360 Palm Bay $66,720 Ann Arbor $66,630 Michigan City $66,570 Traverse City $66,410 Binghamton $66,390 Grand Rapids $66,180 Richmond $66,030 Jackson $65,670 Rochester $65,380 Peoria $65,340 Dallas $64,850 York $64,700 San Antonio $64,670 Miami $64,650 Lansing $64,550 Indianapolis $64,480 Staunton $64,370 Harrisburg $64,150 Scranton $63,330 Tampa $63,070 Muskegon $62,440 Bloomington $62,330 Muncie $62,200 Battle Creek $62,050 Elkhart $62,000 Fort Wayne $62,000 Lancaster $61,950 Chicago $61,830 Decatur $61,480 Kalamazoo $61,290 Evansville $61,140 Monroe $60,790 Erie $60,120 Pittsburgh $59,950 South Bend $59,840 Owensboro $59,700 Niles $59,160 Champaign $59,130 Allentown $58,870 Lebanon $58,780 Sarasota $58,540 Modesto $58,000 Deltona $56,340 Rockford $55,550 Houston $54,020 Williamsport $53,600 Austin $52,560 Brownsville $51,820 El Paso $48,380 Beaumont $45,290
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Albany, New York$83,480+26.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$58,870-10.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$66,630+0.9%
Austin, Texas$52,560-20.4%
Battle Creek, Michigan$62,050-6.0%
Bay City, Michigan$71,940+9.0%
Beaumont, Texas$45,290-31.4%
Binghamton, New York$66,390+0.5%
Bloomington, Illinois$62,330-5.6%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$68,310+3.5%
Brownsville, Texas$51,820-21.5%
Buffalo, New York$78,620+19.1%
Champaign, Illinois$59,130-10.4%
Chicago, Illinois$61,830-6.4%
Columbus, Indiana$68,240+3.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$67,460+2.2%
Dallas, Texas$64,850-1.8%
Decatur, Illinois$61,480-6.9%
Deltona, Florida$56,340-14.7%
Detroit, Michigan$71,120+7.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$62,000-6.1%
El Paso, Texas$48,380-26.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$60,120-9.0%
Evansville, Indiana$61,140-7.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$62,000-6.1%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$66,180+0.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$64,150-2.8%
Houston, Texas$54,020-18.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$64,480-2.3%
Jackson, Michigan$65,670-0.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$69,850+5.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$61,290-7.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$74,180+12.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$61,950-6.2%
Lansing, Michigan$64,550-2.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$58,780-11.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$77,860+17.9%
Los Angeles, California$75,550+14.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$71,020+7.6%
Miami, Florida$64,650-2.1%
Michigan City, Indiana$66,570+0.8%
Modesto, California$58,000-12.2%
Monroe, Michigan$60,790-7.9%
Muncie, Indiana$62,200-5.8%
Muskegon, Michigan$62,440-5.4%
New York, New York$76,290+15.5%
Niles, Michigan$59,160-10.4%
Sarasota, Florida$58,540-11.3%
Owensboro, Kentucky$59,700-9.6%
Oxnard, California$69,280+4.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$66,720+1.0%
Peoria, Illinois$65,340-1.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$72,800+10.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$59,950-9.2%
Portland, Oregon$77,720+17.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$67,360+2.0%
Riverside, California$67,380+2.0%
Rochester, New York$65,380-1.0%
Rockford, Illinois$55,550-15.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$70,000+6.0%
San Antonio, Texas$64,670-2.1%
San Diego, California$80,280+21.6%
San Francisco, California$90,660+37.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$63,330-4.1%
Seattle, Washington$107,510+62.8%
South Bend, Indiana$59,840-9.4%
Staunton, Virginia$64,370-2.5%
Stockton, California$76,530+15.9%
Syracuse, New York$69,320+5.0%
Tampa, Florida$63,070-4.5%
Traverse City, Michigan$66,410+0.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$71,640+8.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$53,600-18.8%
York, Pennsylvania$64,700-2.0%
Gross salary
66,030/yr
Estimated take-home
52,252/yr
Est. total withheld
20.9%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-4111 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321