Machinist salary
What a machinist actually earns, from 479 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see machinist pay in the 5 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A machinist earns a blended US median near 72,800 dollars, with the typical middle running from 63,655 dollars to 79,119 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 26 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is welder, at 73 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open machinist roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
POLYMECHANIKER Drehen und/oder Fräsen (all genders) at Ländlejobs AgHaag (Rheintal), St. Gallen, Switzerland1d agoApply- Polymechaniker/in mit CNC-Programmierung und Prozessoptimierung at fachkraft.ch GmbHWinterthur, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Polymechaniker/in CNC-Drehen at fachkraft.ch GmbHVolketswil, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Polymechaniker:in mit Erfahrung im CNC-Fräsen oder CNC-Drehen at Feramic AGStallikon, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Polymechaniker/in mit Heidenhain Programmierkenntnissen at Stellentreff AGAltishofen, Luzern, Switzerland1d agoApply- Polymechaniker/in mit CNC-Programmierung und Prozessoptimierung at STA Personal AGWinterthur, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
By country
- United States$63,655$72,800$79,119
- United Kingdom$43,397$50,482$57,051
- Canada$40,134$48,310$54,080
- Australia$60,516$66,639$70,341
- Netherlands$39,941$41,318$42,695
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a machinist profile already covers.
- 175 open electronics technician roles$85,883 median · +$13,083 · 39% readiness
- 1765 open electrician roles$74,664 median · +$1,864 · 24% readiness
- 902 open automotive technician roles$72,842 median · +$42 · 40% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a machinist.
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Related salaries
- Welder salary$53,634 median
- Automotive Technician salary$72,842 median
- Manufacturing Technician salary$54,537 median
Quick answers
How much does a machinist make?
The blended US median is about 72,800 dollars, with a typical range from 63,655 dollars to 79,119 dollars.
Is machinist a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a machinist move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is welder, at 73 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 51-4041. Live corpus 479 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.