Patternmakers, Wood Salary - BLS OEWS Wage Benchmarks
SOC 51-7032 · National · May 2025 OEWS Data
The national median salary for Patternmakers, Wood is $49,629 per year ($23.86/hr) according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. The middle 50% of earners make between $41,163 and $59,342 annually. Top earners at the 90th percentile reach $83,782 per year. There are approximately 220 patternmakers, wood employed in the United States.
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Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.
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Wage figures on this page come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025 release. OEWS surveys roughly 1.1 million establishments annually. It is the most comprehensive employer-reported wage dataset in the United States.
P10 through P90 percentiles represent the wage distribution across all surveyed employers (not self-reported by workers). Geographic adjustments use BLS-derived cost multipliers calibrated from regional wage variation.
Wages are estimates. Individual compensation depends on experience, education, employer size, industry, and negotiation. Use this as benchmark context, not absolute ground truth.
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