Machinists Salary

Median Salary
$58,750
per year
Hourly Rate
$28.24
per hour
Employment
287,050
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$39,200
25th percentile
$47,570
Median
$58,750
75th percentile
$67,700
90th percentile
$80,010

💰 Machinists Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Hawaii$84,410+43.7%
Alaska$77,670+32.2%
District of Columbia$72,900+24.1%
Massachusetts$67,270+14.5%
Washington$66,160+12.6%
Oregon$63,820+8.6%
New Jersey$63,190+7.6%
Wyoming$63,070+7.4%
Vermont$62,680+6.7%
Delaware$62,650+6.6%
Connecticut$62,130+5.8%
North Dakota$61,820+5.2%
New Hampshire$61,500+4.7%
Virginia$61,290+4.3%
Utah$61,280+4.3%
Minnesota$61,140+4.1%
Louisiana$61,110+4.0%
Arizona$61,080+4.0%
Montana$60,920+3.7%
New York$60,920+3.7%
Colorado$60,200+2.5%
Maryland$59,810+1.8%
New Mexico$59,440+1.2%
Texas$59,180+0.7%
Maine$59,160+0.7%
Wisconsin$59,110+0.6%
Idaho$58,810+0.1%
Missouri$58,710-0.1%
Kentucky$58,660-0.2%
Illinois$58,520-0.4%
South Carolina$57,970-1.3%
Ohio$57,940-1.4%
Pennsylvania$57,810-1.6%
Indiana$57,800-1.6%
Rhode Island$57,760-1.7%
Iowa$57,540-2.1%
California$57,190-2.7%
Florida$57,140-2.7%
Nebraska$55,860-4.9%
Alabama$55,560-5.4%
Mississippi$55,550-5.4%
North Carolina$55,230-6.0%
Nevada$53,050-9.7%
Georgia$52,610-10.5%
Michigan$52,360-10.9%
Kansas$51,220-12.8%
Arkansas$51,140-13.0%
Oklahoma$51,120-13.0%
South Dakota$50,890-13.4%
Tennessee$49,600-15.6%
West Virginia$47,350-19.4%

🏙️ Machinists Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Urban Honolulu, HI$84,410+43.7%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$82,690+40.7%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$80,620+37.2%
Barnstable Town, MA$77,650+32.2%
Lake Charles, LA$75,580+28.6%
Anchorage, AK$75,040+27.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$74,560+26.9%
Bismarck, ND$74,090+26.1%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$72,060+22.7%
Flagstaff, AZ$71,620+21.9%
Corpus Christi, TX$71,590+21.9%
Albany, OR$71,300+21.4%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$71,290+21.3%
Duluth, MN-WI$69,440+18.2%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$68,850+17.2%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$68,060+15.8%
Warner Robins, GA$68,060+15.8%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$67,750+15.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$67,700+15.2%
Grand Island, NE$67,430+14.8%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$67,140+14.3%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$66,990+14.0%
Bozeman, MT$66,500+13.2%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$66,390+13.0%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$66,280+12.8%
Ogden, UT$65,270+11.1%
Portland-South Portland, ME$65,200+11.0%
Worcester, MA$64,480+9.8%
Billings, MT$64,420+9.7%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$64,400+9.6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$64,320+9.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$64,170+9.2%
Boulder, CO$63,990+8.9%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$63,970+8.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$63,540+8.2%
Monroe, LA$63,350+7.8%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$63,330+7.8%
Longview-Kelso, WA$63,190+7.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$63,100+7.4%
Springfield, MA$63,090+7.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$62,960+7.2%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$62,900+7.1%
Bend, OR$62,890+7.0%
Flint, MI$62,850+7.0%
Lexington Park, MD$62,820+6.9%
Ithaca, NY$62,810+6.9%
Wilmington, NC$62,810+6.9%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$62,750+6.8%
Richmond, VA$62,650+6.6%
Lewiston, ID-WA$62,530+6.4%
Huntsville, AL$62,490+6.4%
Vineland, NJ$62,330+6.1%
St. Cloud, MN$62,230+5.9%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$62,220+5.9%
Rome, GA$62,220+5.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL$62,210+5.9%
Toledo, OH$62,190+5.9%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$62,070+5.7%
Mobile, AL$62,020+5.6%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,000+5.5%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$61,890+5.3%
Fargo, ND-MN$61,820+5.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$61,710+5.0%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$61,700+5.0%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,640+4.9%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,500+4.7%
Pittsfield, MA$61,500+4.7%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$61,480+4.6%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$61,430+4.6%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$61,420+4.5%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$61,280+4.3%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$61,280+4.3%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,270+4.3%
Columbus, IN$61,230+4.2%
Lynchburg, VA$61,140+4.1%
Mankato, MN$61,120+4.0%
Albany, GA$60,840+3.6%
Madison, WI$60,830+3.5%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$60,700+3.3%
Savannah, GA$60,680+3.3%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,650+3.2%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$60,620+3.2%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$60,590+3.1%
Eau Claire, WI$60,580+3.1%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$60,500+3.0%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$60,480+2.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$60,440+2.9%
Boise City, ID$60,430+2.9%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$60,410+2.8%
Medford, OR$60,370+2.8%
Appleton, WI$60,350+2.7%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$60,320+2.7%
Paducah, KY-IL$60,300+2.6%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$60,280+2.6%
Green Bay, WI$60,270+2.6%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$60,210+2.5%
Monroe, MI$60,210+2.5%
Ames, IA$60,200+2.5%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$60,120+2.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$60,070+2.2%
Missoula, MT$60,060+2.2%
Spartanburg, SC$60,060+2.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$59,920+2.0%
Bellingham, WA$59,910+2.0%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$59,850+1.9%
Vallejo, CA$59,850+1.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$59,830+1.8%
Lafayette, LA$59,830+1.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$59,800+1.8%
Kenosha, WI$59,800+1.8%
Goldsboro, NC$59,790+1.8%
New Haven, CT$59,780+1.8%
Odessa, TX$59,770+1.7%
Jacksonville, FL$59,700+1.6%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$59,630+1.5%
Columbia, SC$59,570+1.4%
Glens Falls, NY$59,570+1.4%
Yakima, WA$59,560+1.4%
Reading, PA$59,550+1.4%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,520+1.3%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$59,470+1.2%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$59,390+1.1%
Great Falls, MT$59,340+1.0%
Springfield, IL$59,340+1.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$59,330+1.0%
Elmira, NY$59,330+1.0%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$59,310+1.0%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$59,290+0.9%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$59,280+0.9%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$59,220+0.8%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$59,050+0.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,030+0.5%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$59,020+0.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$58,950+0.3%
Salem, OR$58,930+0.3%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$58,910+0.3%
Dubuque, IA$58,890+0.2%
Midland, TX$58,800+0.1%
Wheeling, WV-OH$58,780+0.1%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$58,690-0.1%
Syracuse, NY$58,650-0.2%
Logan, UT-ID$58,620-0.2%
Omaha, NE-IA$58,540-0.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$58,540-0.4%
Farmington, NM$58,460-0.5%
Evansville, IN$58,410-0.6%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$58,360-0.7%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$58,340-0.7%
Greeley, CO$58,340-0.7%
Williamsport, PA$58,250-0.9%
Cleveland, OH$58,240-0.9%
Decatur, AL$58,240-0.9%
Homosassa Springs, FL$58,220-0.9%
Reno, NV$58,170-1.0%
Tyler, TX$58,170-1.0%
Fayetteville, NC$58,150-1.0%
Albuquerque, NM$58,120-1.1%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$58,100-1.1%
Greenville, NC$58,010-1.3%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$57,970-1.3%
Columbus, OH$57,940-1.4%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$57,900-1.4%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$57,890-1.5%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$57,890-1.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$57,820-1.6%
Lincoln, NE$57,820-1.6%
Yuma, AZ$57,820-1.6%
Oklahoma City, OK$57,780-1.7%
Rochester, MN$57,770-1.7%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$57,720-1.8%
Fond du Lac, WI$57,700-1.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$57,610-1.9%
Colorado Springs, CO$57,510-2.1%
Elizabethtown, KY$57,480-2.2%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$57,410-2.3%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$57,390-2.3%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$57,300-2.5%
Pueblo, CO$57,230-2.6%
Sandusky, OH$57,170-2.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$57,160-2.7%
Twin Falls, ID$57,050-2.9%
Canton-Massillon, OH$57,040-2.9%
Decatur, IL$56,980-3.0%
Rocky Mount, NC$56,920-3.1%
Florence, SC$56,900-3.1%
Yuba City, CA$56,820-3.3%
Kansas City, MO-KS$56,740-3.4%
Lancaster, PA$56,700-3.5%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$56,530-3.8%
Salinas, CA$56,490-3.8%
Burlington, NC$56,460-3.9%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$56,460-3.9%
Topeka, KS$56,400-4.0%
Akron, OH$56,380-4.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$56,350-4.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$56,270-4.2%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$56,200-4.3%
Abilene, TX$56,160-4.4%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$56,070-4.6%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$56,010-4.7%
Cedar Rapids, IA$56,000-4.7%
Beckley, WV$55,950-4.8%
Modesto, CA$55,950-4.8%
Pittsburgh, PA$55,880-4.9%
Tucson, AZ$55,700-5.2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$55,660-5.3%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$55,660-5.3%
Gainesville, GA$55,620-5.3%
Charlottesville, VA$55,600-5.4%
Binghamton, NY$55,580-5.4%
College Station-Bryan, TX$55,560-5.4%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$55,560-5.4%
Rochester, NY$55,560-5.4%
Ann Arbor, MI$55,500-5.5%
Jacksonville, NC$55,500-5.5%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$55,440-5.6%
Midland, MI$55,380-5.7%
Redding, CA$55,260-5.9%
Casper, WY$55,250-6.0%
Sheboygan, WI$55,130-6.2%
Erie, PA$55,120-6.2%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$54,930-6.5%
Johnstown, PA$54,910-6.5%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$54,840-6.7%
Fresno, CA$54,580-7.1%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$54,580-7.1%
Mansfield, OH$54,540-7.2%
Terre Haute, IN$54,160-7.8%
Bangor, ME$54,080-7.9%
Lima, OH$53,950-8.2%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$53,840-8.4%
Fort Wayne, IN$53,770-8.5%
Wausau, WI$53,680-8.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$53,510-8.9%
Idaho Falls, ID$53,500-8.9%
Montgomery, AL$53,460-9.0%
York-Hanover, PA$53,290-9.3%
Tulsa, OK$53,260-9.3%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$53,190-9.5%
Asheville, NC$53,110-9.6%
Wichita Falls, TX$52,790-10.1%
Bay City, MI$52,780-10.2%
St. George, UT$52,740-10.2%
Altoona, PA$52,660-10.4%
Lebanon, PA$52,620-10.4%
Saginaw, MI$52,360-10.9%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$52,270-11.0%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$52,200-11.1%
Hattiesburg, MS$52,170-11.2%
Roanoke, VA$52,000-11.5%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$52,000-11.5%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$51,990-11.5%
Jefferson City, MO$51,850-11.7%
Bowling Green, KY$51,730-11.9%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$51,700-12.0%
Peoria, IL$51,680-12.0%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$51,670-12.1%
Carson City, NV$51,670-12.1%
Manhattan, KS$51,630-12.1%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$51,630-12.1%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$51,540-12.3%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$51,430-12.5%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$51,420-12.5%
Lawton, OK$51,290-12.7%
Dover, DE$51,230-12.8%
Jonesboro, AR$51,220-12.8%
Corvallis, OR$51,110-13.0%
Springfield, MO$51,100-13.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$50,930-13.3%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$50,920-13.3%
State College, PA$50,900-13.4%
Tuscaloosa, AL$50,850-13.4%
Birmingham, AL$50,780-13.6%
Dothan, AL$50,740-13.6%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$50,740-13.6%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$50,680-13.7%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$50,610-13.9%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$50,560-13.9%
Hot Springs, AR$50,560-13.9%
Wichita, KS$50,540-14.0%
Morgantown, WV$50,510-14.0%
Lawrence, KS$50,460-14.1%
Niles, MI$50,430-14.2%
Killeen-Temple, TX$50,420-14.2%
Kingston, NY$50,400-14.2%
Waco, TX$50,380-14.2%
Winston-Salem, NC$50,350-14.3%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$50,250-14.5%
Columbia, MO$50,120-14.7%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$50,110-14.7%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$49,930-15.0%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$49,910-15.0%
Harrisonburg, VA$49,900-15.1%
Knoxville, TN$49,900-15.1%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$49,860-15.1%
Jackson, MS$49,850-15.1%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,850-15.1%
Jackson, MI$49,840-15.2%
Visalia, CA$49,750-15.3%
Sherman-Denison, TX$49,710-15.4%
Rockford, IL$49,700-15.4%
San Angelo, TX$49,610-15.6%
Sumter, SC$49,480-15.8%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$49,440-15.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$49,440-15.8%
Traverse City, MI$49,420-15.9%
Gainesville, FL$49,390-15.9%
Tallahassee, FL$49,370-16.0%
Texarkana, TX-AR$49,310-16.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$49,210-16.2%
Grand Junction, CO$49,180-16.3%
Winchester, VA-WV$49,130-16.4%
Utica-Rome, NY$49,090-16.4%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$48,990-16.6%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$48,970-16.6%
Salisbury, MD$48,890-16.8%
Valdosta, GA$48,710-17.1%
Battle Creek, MI$48,530-17.4%
Victoria, TX$48,420-17.6%
Chambersburg, PA$48,400-17.6%
Gadsden, AL$48,370-17.7%
Muncie, IN$48,360-17.7%
Longview, TX$48,350-17.7%
Jackson, TN$48,340-17.7%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$48,280-17.8%
Dalton, GA$48,240-17.9%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$48,230-17.9%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$48,160-18.0%
Charleston, WV$48,110-18.1%
Kankakee, IL$47,930-18.4%
Grants Pass, OR$47,870-18.5%
Bloomington, IN$47,850-18.6%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$47,840-18.6%
Rapid City, SD$47,840-18.6%
Lubbock, TX$47,790-18.7%
Ocala, FL$47,750-18.7%
Morristown, TN$47,370-19.4%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,360-19.4%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,300-19.5%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$47,200-19.7%
Owensboro, KY$47,170-19.7%
Merced, CA$47,130-19.8%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,990-20.0%
El Paso, TX$46,880-20.2%
Joplin, MO-KS$46,820-20.3%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$46,810-20.3%
Chico, CA$46,580-20.7%
Gettysburg, PA$46,570-20.7%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$46,530-20.8%
Enid, OK$46,460-20.9%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$46,460-20.9%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$46,290-21.2%
Cleveland, TN$46,120-21.5%
Johnson City, TN$45,550-22.5%
Las Cruces, NM$45,370-22.8%
Kokomo, IN$45,200-23.1%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$43,430-26.1%
Amarillo, TX$41,900-28.7%
Springfield, OH$37,380-36.4%
Aguadilla, PR$32,490-44.7%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,310-50.1%
Puerto Rico$29,280-50.2%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.