Machinists Career

The role of Machinists is to set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $54,600 and $26 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Machinists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 290,720 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Machinists is $5,805. The average length of the programs is 1,054 hours and the average completion time is 9.97 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Machinists Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Machinists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	273	$8,531	$1,382	1,078 Hours	10.69 Months
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	135	$3,078	$525	1,030 Hours	9.25 Months

Related Occupations to Machinists Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Machinists.

Related Occupations toMachinists
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Calibration Technologists and Technicians	13,220	$67,360	$32
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Millwrights	37,930	$64,310	$31
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	29,810	$62,860	$30
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	47,960	$53,470	$26
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5,740	$47,490	$23
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	19,560	$48,850	$23
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	2,840	$64,920	$31
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	33,020	$47,120	$23
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	6,660	$60,110	$29
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	6,660	$48,520	$23
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	188K	$51,030	$25
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	28,030	$67,650	$33

Vocational Programs for Machinists Career

291K

$26.25

$54,600

Vocational Programs to Prepare Machinists Career

Related Occupations to Machinists Career