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
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 6,430424$26.19/hr$0.35/hr$17.73/hr$21.49/hr$26.33/hr$30.86/hr$35.56/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
Manufacturing5,780$26.32/hr
Professional and Business Services410$25.23/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities180$26.10/hr
Education and Health Services20$34.00/hr
Other Regional Data For Machinists
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 6,430 $26.33/hr 5.6%
Central Minnesota 1,950 $24.16/hr 12.8%
Northwest Minnesota 1,290 $20.30/hr 11.2%
Southeast Minnesota 880 $22.02/hr 4.2%
Southwest Minnesota 450 $22.06/hr 8.8%
Northeast Minnesota 240 $24.49/hr 9.3%
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers6,570$22.04/hr1.2%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers3,730$24.44/hr2.4%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians890$32.56/hr4.5%
Millwrights760$27.84/hr4.4%
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic20N/AN/A
Engine and Other Machine AssemblersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Machinists