Machinists
SOC 51-4041 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -1.6%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $58,495per year
- Projected openings
- 18,420
- Projected change
- -1.6%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
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
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Operations Monitoring
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $79,653 | 390 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $66,186 | 50 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $65,303 | 2,660 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $65,083 | 1,680 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $64,503 | 2,090 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $61,281 | 150 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $58,696 | 200 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $58,645 | 170 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $57,455 | 80 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $57,208 | 720 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $56,562 | 250 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $56,357 | 90 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $56,111 | 370 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $55,854 | 40 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $54,161 | 620 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $53,864 | 70 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $52,068 | 5,640 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $51,816 | 3,470 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $50,960 | 410 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $50,909 | 2,330 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $49,770 | 50 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $49,370 | 190 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $49,011 | 80 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $48,118 | 260 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $46,877 | 50 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $46,877 | 130 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 40 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators | $57,799 | 16,320 | -11.5% |
| Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | $60,397 | 1,390 | -20% |
| Tool and Die Makers | $78,788 | 1,520 | -11.1% |
| Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | $61,553 | 2,020 | -15.4% |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | $47,878 | 3,160 | 0% |
| Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers | $83,963 | 3,190 | +10% |
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