Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers salary

SOC 51-9162 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$68,120

per year, nationally

Middle half

$58,270–$81,890

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

28,500

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+12.8%

3,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$47,530$100,320

10th: $47,530
25th: $58,270
Median: $68,120
75th: $81,890
90th: $100,320

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Postsecondary nondegree award
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where computer numerically controlled tool programmers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Connecticut	$86,390	103.6	500	1.60×
2	California	$82,090	110.7	2,990	0.89×
3	Massachusetts	$81,670	105.8	680	1.02×
4	Washington	$81,420	107.0	660	1.01×
5	Missouri	$78,130	90.8	430	0.80×
6	Vermont	$77,980	98.0	140	2.55×
7	Kansas	$76,080	90.1	680	2.58×
8	North Dakota	$75,990	89.0	40	0.53×
9	Oregon	$75,150	103.4	500	1.38×
10	Arizona	$74,450	100.7	470	0.80×
11	Virginia	$74,390	101.1	330	0.43×
12	Minnesota	$74,190	98.6	1,250	2.31×
13	Maine	$72,920	97.0	50	0.42×
14	New Hampshire	$71,680	104.2	290	2.29×
15	Montana	$70,860	94.6	60	0.61×
16	New Jersey	$70,460	108.8	520	0.66×
17	Tennessee	$69,700	91.9	330	0.54×
18	Colorado	$69,570	103.1	410	0.78×
19	Texas	$69,550	97.1	1,930	0.75×
20	South Carolina	$69,470	93.7	340	0.80×
21	Illinois	$68,830	100.0	1,070	0.96×
22	New York	$68,730	107.9	1,140	0.64×
23	Wisconsin	$67,460	94.1	1,610	2.99×
24	South Dakota	$66,650	88.6	80	0.99×
25	Pennsylvania	$66,330	97.6	1,080	0.97×
26	Maryland	$65,670	105.0	200	0.39×
27	Utah	$65,610	98.9	150	0.48×
28	Oklahoma	$65,590	87.8	330	1.05×
29	Kentucky	$64,980	90.2	230	0.64×
30	Michigan	$64,640	96.2	2,300	2.85×
31	Alabama	$64,590	88.8	420	1.08×
32	North Carolina	$63,990	94.3	760	0.84×
33	Florida	$63,970	103.4	770	0.42×
34	Idaho	$63,560	95.5	120	0.79×
35	Indiana	$63,200	93.3	1,490	2.54×
36	Nebraska	$63,190	90.1	70	0.37×
37	Rhode Island	$62,640	102.3	70	0.75×
38	Georgia	$61,360	96.3	420	0.47×
39	Ohio	$60,080	92.8	2,370	2.33×
40	Iowa	$57,780	87.8	640	2.24×
41	Nevada	$57,210	100.0	130	0.46×
42	Arkansas	$56,390	86.9	210	0.88×
43	Mississippi	$50,190	87.0	140	0.68×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where computer numerically controlled tool programmers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for computer numerically controlled tool programmers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$102,980	110.4	420	2.01×
2	Wichita, KS	$99,790	88.9	390	6.93×
3	St. Louis, MO-IL	$94,230	95.1	290	1.19×
4	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$93,770	103.2	40	1.39×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$93,640	115.6	260	0.59×
6	Boulder, CO	$91,420	105.2	40	1.04×
7	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$89,190	102.7	290	2.60×
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$87,880	106.9	70	0.96×
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$86,860	111.1	400	1.04×
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$85,560	108.3	540	1.08×
11	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$84,260	97.9	100	0.73×
12	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$83,730	99.8	60	2.05×
13	New Haven, CT	$83,200	104.6	40	0.77×
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$82,950	113.6	1,350	1.17×
15	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$81,170	100.9	50	2.40×
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$79,990	111.9	270	0.96×
17	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$79,480	109.4	30	0.62×
18	Huntsville, AL	$78,910	93.1	140	2.87×
19	Worcester, MA	$78,710	102.5	70	1.15×
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$78,010	104.8	850	2.39×
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$76,970	108.9	70	0.13×
22	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$76,710	101.0	60	0.80×
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$76,650	99.6	50	0.64×
24	Evansville, IN	$76,240	91.5	30	1.28×
25	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$75,910	100.3	60	1.33×
26	Springfield, MA	$75,830	96.1	80	2.23×
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$75,660	105.4	400	1.81×
28	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$75,500	103.3	370	0.86×
29	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$75,480	100.9	80	0.53×
30	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$74,030	98.1	150	0.65×
31	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$73,920	106.7	70	0.38×
32	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$73,740	93.3	100	1.28×
33	York-Hanover, PA	$73,190	96.0	40	1.25×
34	Portland-South Portland, ME	$72,920	101.9	30	0.58×
35	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$72,870	100.0	80	1.15×
36	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$72,790	100.0	30	0.78×
37	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$71,600	92.7	180	2.68×
38	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$71,310	112.6	780	0.45×
39	Kansas City, MO-KS	$71,180	92.5	160	0.78×
40	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$71,060	103.1	410	0.56×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where computer numerically controlled tool programmers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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