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Average Pourers And Casters, Metal Salary in Ohio

Pourers And Casters, Metal in Ohio earn a median annual salary of $60,770, which is +17.3% compared to the national median. There are 460 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Ohio (state).

$60,770
Ohio median annual wage
$29/hour median
+17.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $51,810
460
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.84
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$39,080
25th
$46,160
Median
$60,770
75th
$70,380
90th
$72,170

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Ohio, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
92.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$65,503
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 95.8%
Rents: 73.0%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Tennessee $71,880 Compare 120
Massachusetts $62,820 Compare N/A
Florida $62,090 Compare 40
Indiana $61,430 Compare 530
Michigan $60,280 Compare 360
North Carolina $57,700 Compare 100

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Ohio

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $554,220 1.10
Cardiologists $504,260 1.24
Anesthesiologists $490,530 0.56
Pediatric Surgeons $488,160 N/A
Emergency Medicine Physicians $377,480 0.99
Dermatologists $373,640 N/A
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $323,480 0.99
Physicians, Pathologists $309,480 1.52

Ohio has salary data for 785 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Pourers And Casters, Metal in Ohio

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Pourers And Casters, Metal are projected to change by -4.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.