Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-4052 Pourers and Casters, Metal

Occupational Description:
Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2025

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	20	9	$25.22/hr	$22.51/hr	$22.72/hr	$24.54/hr	$28.62/hr	$29.37/hr

Leading Industries for Pourers and Casters, Metal

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Manufacturing	20	$24.54/hr

Other Regional Data for Pourers and Casters, Metal

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Central Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	20	$24.54/hr	-2.0%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	140	$24.70/hr	-16.7%
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	N/A	$25.08/hr	1.4%
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	360	$28.26/hr	-4.6%
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	580	$28.42/hr	-4.6%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	9,420	$28.71/hr	6.1%
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	400	$24.18/hr	1.7%
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	7,700	$21.12/hr	5.4%
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	N/A	$27.11/hr	2.6%
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,480	$25.15/hr	3.5%
Helpers--Production Workers	3,040	$20.65/hr	-6.3%

Task for Pourers and Casters, Metal

Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.
Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.
Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal.
Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.