Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
SOC 51-9195 · 2024-2034
Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $50,312per year
- Projected openings
- 5,510
- Projected change
- +2.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Quality Control Analysis
- Speaking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $64,294 | 80 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $62,584 | 330 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $60,156 | 500 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $59,660 | 130 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $58,531 | 160 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $51,709 | 70 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $50,552 | 1,360 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $49,544 | 60 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $49,154 | 500 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $48,364 | 1,090 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $48,364 | 470 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $48,221 | 100 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $48,184 | 670 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $47,872 | 40 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $47,554 | 260 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $47,390 | 320 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $46,928 | 140 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | $45,464 | 1,100 | -26.3% |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $48,379 | 3,540 | -2.4% |
| Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $47,162 | 3,280 | -6.3% |
| Machine Feeders and Offbearers | $41,264 | 5,140 | -10.2% |