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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Virginia

The median molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Virginia earns $45,370 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,012 a month.

10th percentile
$29,360
25th percentile
$36,180
Median percentile
$45,370
75th percentile
$50,310
90th percentile
$64,090

Based on 1,680 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$36,139 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,370
Federal income tax−$3,264
Social Security + Medicare−$3,471
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$2,495
Monthly take-home$3,012
Every two weeks$1,390

Does it go far here?

$44,875Median pay in Virginia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 101.1 vs 100).
52%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,579 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Virginia

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$461,450
Chief Executives$310,740
Physicians, All Other$278,530
Nurse Anesthetists$252,110
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Family Medicine Physicians$222,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers$201,490
Dentists, General$197,110

All molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Virginia