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Foundry Mold and Coremakers pay in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and Reading, PA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Foundry Mold and Coremakers is $67,060 per year in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. It is $46,260 per year in Reading, PA. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 45.0% above Reading, PA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 230 wage and salary jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and 50 in Reading, PA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings