DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-4041 Machinists

Occupational Description:
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. Machinists who primarily program or operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment are classified in ?Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators and Programmers? (51-9160).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southeast Minnesota 880173$22.27/hr$0.67/hr$15.44/hr$17.70/hr$22.02/hr$25.72/hr$29.96/hr
Minnesota 10,980670$24.83/hr$0.27/hr$16.72/hr$20.09/hr$24.58/hr$29.54/hr$33.59/hr
U S 383,4703,835$22.50/hr$0.07/hr$13.63/hr$16.99/hr$21.68/hr$27.28/hr$32.49/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Machinists
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing800$21.96/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities50$27.07/hr
Other Regional Data For Machinists
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 6,430 $26.33/hr 7.7%
Central Minnesota 1,950 $24.16/hr 5.9%
Northwest Minnesota 1,290 $20.30/hr 8.3%
Southeast Minnesota 880 $22.02/hr 4.4%
Southwest Minnesota 450 $22.06/hr 8.5%
Northeast Minnesota 240 $24.49/hr -0.7%
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers1,090$19.80/hr8.0%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers1,050$20.15/hr-10.2%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians40$28.70/hr4.1%
MillwrightsN/A$22.67/hrN/A
Model Makers, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Machinists