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What machinists make
Median
$58,750
Bottom tenth
$39,200
Top tenth
$80,010
The national median is $58,750 a year, the bottom tenth earn $39,200 or less and the top tenth $80,010 or more, in the 2025 survey. Moving up usually means going from running somebody else's program to setting up jobs and reading prints yourself.