Machinists

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Salary by State

State Name	Employment	Annual Salary	Hourly Salary
Alabama	5,400	$47,460	$22.82
Alaska	140	$70,920	$34.10
Arizona	5,570	$50,120	$24.10
Arkansas	2,480	$46,090	$22.16
California	29,810	$52,040	$25.02
Colorado	3,740	$50,660	$24.36
Connecticut	8,620	$55,750	$26.80
Delaware	350	$56,870	$27.34
District of Columbia	320	$85,600	$41.15
Florida	7,460	$46,040	$22.14
Georgia	6,420	$46,780	$22.49
Hawaii	250	$70,760	$34.02
Idaho	1,530	$48,450	$23.29
Illinois	20,510	$49,160	$23.64
Indiana	19,240	$49,220	$23.66
Iowa	3,600	$46,270	$22.24
Kansas	3,450	$43,520	$20.92
Kentucky	4,560	$45,800	$22.02
Louisiana	5,100	$52,540	$25.26
Maine	1,630	$50,360	$24.21
Maryland	1,780	$59,810	$28.76
Massachusetts	7,580	$56,050	$26.95
Michigan	22,100	$46,510	$22.36
Minnesota	10,540	$52,460	$25.22
Mississippi	3,650	$41,360	$19.88
Missouri	4,390	$51,620	$24.82
Montana	530	$47,010	$22.60
Nebraska	3,620	$51,450	$24.74
Nevada	780	$48,590	$23.36
New Hampshire	1,810	$49,820	$23.95
New Jersey	3,600	$57,190	$27.50
New Mexico	740	$50,360	$24.21
New York	10,840	$49,750	$23.92
North Carolina	9,900	$45,840	$22.04
North Dakota	330	$53,400	$25.67
Ohio	30,260	$44,560	$21.42
Oklahoma	4,200	$47,060	$22.63
Oregon	3,040	$53,620	$25.78
Pennsylvania	11,490	$48,650	$23.39
Rhode Island	1,350	$51,450	$24.73
South Carolina	10,510	$40,480	$19.46
South Dakota	720	$44,290	$21.29
Tennessee	8,070	$46,250	$22.24
Texas	21,610	$49,810	$23.95
Utah	3,450	$53,350	$25.65
Vermont	550	$48,610	$23.37
Virginia	7,690	$50,530	$24.29
Washington	6,850	$60,080	$28.89
West Virginia	1,160	$46,420	$22.32
Wisconsin	9,540	$44,700	$21.49
Wyoming	350	$58,810	$28.28

Education

The programs listed below are typically the education paths that can land you this kind of job.

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures in which materials are cast, formed, shaped, molded, heat treated, cut, twisted, pressed, fused, stamped or worked.

H Councill Trenholm State Community College

Montgomery, AL

Associate Degree

Pima Community College

Tucson, AZ

Certificate Associate Degree

Arkansas State University-Beebe

Beebe, AR

Certificate Associate Degree

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to fabricate and modify metal parts in support of other manufacturing, repair or design activities, or as an independent business.