What are the main factors that influence a CNC Machine Programmer's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for CNC Machine Programmer?

The Aerospace & Defense industry offers the highest average compensation for CNC Machine Programmer roles, with salaries approximately 15% above the market median.

How does experience change A CNC Machine Programmer's salary?

A CNC Machine Programmer's salary grows with experience: starting around $60,729 for beginners, reaching about $62,642 at mid-level, and approach $63,050 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a CNC Machine Programmer?

CNC Machine Programmer salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for CNC Machine Programmer roles are District of Columbia $70,323, California $70,056, Massachusetts $69,123. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of CNC Machine Programmer roles make?

Salaries for CNC Machine Programmer level roles vary by specialization: CNC Programmer, Lead: $109,500; CNC Machine Programmer IV: $109,493; CNC Programmer/Set-Up IV: $109,490; CNC Programmer, Senior: $85,290; CNC Machine Programmer III: $85,281.

CNC Machine Programmer Salary in Wisconsin

How much does a CNC Machine Programmer make in Wisconsin? As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a CNC Machine Programmer in Wisconsin is $62,479 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $30.

However, a CNC Machine Programmer's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $73,688
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $56,087 to $68,346
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $50,267

10% $50,267

50% (Median) $62,479

90% $73,688

CNC Machine Programmer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$68,346	$5,696	$1,314	$33
Average	$62,479	$5,207	$1,202	$30
25th Percentile	$56,087	$4,674	$1,079	$27

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Key Factors That Influence CNC Machine Programmer Salaries

A CNC Machine Programmer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects CNC Machine Programmer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a CNC Machine Programmer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $60,729
Early Career (1-2 years): $61,420
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $62,642
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $62,887
Expert (over 8 years): $63,050

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level CNC Machine Programmer	less than 1 year	$60,729
Early Career Level CNC Machine Programmer	1-2 years	$61,420
Mid-Level Level CNC Machine Programmer	2-4 years	$62,642
Senior-Level Level CNC Machine Programmer	5-8 years	$62,887
Expert Level CNC Machine Programmer	over 8 years	$63,050

How Do CNC Machine Programmer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract CNC Machine Programmers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $70,323.
California: $70,056.
Massachusetts: $69,123.

District of Columbia $70,323 California $70,056 Massachusetts $69,123 Washington $68,869 New Jersey $68,843 Alaska $68,754 Connecticut $67,878 New York $67,522

Hawaii $66,385 Rhode Island $65,852 Maryland $65,490 Minnesota $64,994 Colorado $64,804 Illinois $64,740 Oregon $64,499 Delaware $64,321

New Hampshire $64,209 Virginia $63,959 Pennsylvania $63,229 Nevada $62,860 North Dakota $62,740 Michigan $62,549 Wisconsin $62,479 Vermont $62,339

Texas $61,952 Maine $61,927 Arizona $61,889 Ohio $61,844 Georgia $61,260 Indiana $60,968 Wyoming $60,910 Utah $60,821

Iowa $60,783 Kansas $60,479 Louisiana $60,390 North Carolina $60,358 Missouri $60,345 Florida $60,097 Montana $59,964 Nebraska $59,837

Kentucky $59,767 South Carolina $59,513 Tennessee $59,354 Idaho $59,291 New Mexico $58,827 Oklahoma $58,726 Alabama $58,351 South Dakota $57,722

Arkansas $57,379 West Virginia $57,195 Mississippi $56,642

Top Paying Cities for CNC Machine Programmer

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Green Lake: $60,774
Greenville: $61,352
Hancock: $60,237

Green Lake, WI $60,774

Greenville, WI $61,352

Hancock, WI $60,237

Hortonville, WI $61,224

Iola, WI $60,504

King, WI $60,967

Larsen, WI $61,111

Leopolis, WI $60,429

Manawa, WI $60,729

Marion, WI $60,541

Menasha, WI $61,403

Neenah, WI $61,291

Neshkoro, WI $60,556

New London, WI $60,971

Ogdensburg, WI $60,592

Omro, WI $60,891

Pickett, WI $60,942

Pine River, WI $60,706

Plainfield, WI $60,348

Poy Sippi, WI $60,748

Princeton, WI $60,629

Readfield, WI $61,050

Redgranite, WI $60,764

Ripon, WI $60,881

Rosendale, WI $60,912

Saxeville, WI $60,639

Scandinavia, WI $60,552

Tilleda, WI $60,338

Van Dyne, WI $60,988

Waukau, WI $60,882

Waupaca, WI $60,719

Wautoma, WI $60,577

Weyauwega, WI $60,823

Wild Rose, WI $60,595

Winnebago, WI $61,128

Winneconne, WI $60,985

Wilson, WI $61,985

Boyd, WI $60,380

Cadott, WI $60,423

Chetek, WI $60,260

Chippewa Falls, WI $60,553

Colfax, WI $60,480

Conrath, WI $60,138

Cornell, WI $60,294

Dallas, WI $60,606

Downing, WI $61,695

Downsville, WI $61,247

Durand, WI $61,188

Eau Galle, WI $61,053

Eleva, WI $60,618

Elk Mound, WI $60,484

Elmwood, WI $61,640

Fairchild, WI $60,545

Fall Creek, WI $60,580

Gilmanton, WI $60,895

Holcombe, WI $60,190

Humbird, WI $60,477

Independence, WI $60,719

Jim Falls, WI $60,344

Knapp, WI $61,662

Maiden Rock, WI $61,737

Menomonie, WI $61,189

Merrillan, WI $60,393

Mondovi, WI $60,741

Nelson, WI $61,466

New Auburn, WI $60,236

Osseo, WI $60,760

Pepin, WI $61,950

Pigeon Falls, WI $60,895

Plum City, WI $61,654

Prairie Farm, WI $61,129

Ridgeland, WI $60,801

Rock Falls, WI $60,510

Sand Creek, WI $60,269

Sheldon, WI $60,112

Spring Valley, WI $62,027

Stanley, WI $60,396

Stockholm, WI $62,095

Strum, WI $60,720

Thorp, WI $60,367

Wheeler, WI $60,933

Whitehall, WI $60,640

Spooner, WI $60,094

Almena, WI $60,935

Ashland, WI $60,033

Balsam Lake, WI $61,929

Barron, WI $60,552

Barronett, WI $60,119

Bayfield, WI $60,035

Benoit, WI $59,947

Birchwood, WI $60,012

Brill, WI $60,263

Bruce, WI $60,080

Brule, WI $60,595

Cable, WI $59,824

Cameron, WI $60,278

Centuria, WI $62,268

Comstock, WI $61,100

Cornucopia, WI $60,115

Couderay, WI $59,855

Cumberland, WI $60,651

Danbury, WI $60,452

Drummond, WI $60,002

Edgewater, WI $59,977

Exeland, WI $59,899

Foxboro, WI $60,810

Frederic, WI $60,987

Gordon, WI $60,305

Grand View, WI $59,880

Grantsburg, WI $61,358

Haugen, WI $60,328

Hawthorne, WI $60,794

Hayward, WI $59,899

Herbster, WI $60,197

Hertel, WI $60,110

High Bridge, WI $59,944

Iron River, WI $60,374

Ladysmith, WI $60,085

Lake Nebagamon, WI $60,659

La Pointe, WI $59,932

Luck, WI $61,694

Maple, WI $60,802

Marengo, WI $59,919

Mason, WI $59,927

Mikana, WI $60,256

Milltown, WI $61,951

Minong, WI $60,278

Odanah, WI $60,170

Ojibwa, WI $59,796

Glidden, WI $59,818

Harshaw, WI $60,096

Hawkins, WI $59,981

Hazelhurst, WI $60,105

Heafford Junction, WI $60,156

Hurley, WI $59,984

Iron Belt, WI $59,873

Kennan, WI $59,991

Lac Du Flambeau, WI $60,089

Lake Tomahawk, WI $60,123

Land O Lakes, WI $60,042

Laona, WI $60,075

Long Lake, WI $59,911

Mc Naughton, WI $60,130

Manitowish Waters, WI $60,038

Mellen, WI $59,843

Mercer, WI $59,932

Minocqua, WI $60,152

Montreal, WI $60,000

Park Falls, WI $59,977

Phelps, WI $60,042

Phillips, WI $60,003

Prentice, WI $60,050

Presque Isle, WI $60,013

Saint Germain, WI $60,164

Saxon, WI $59,895

Sayner, WI $60,082

Star Lake, WI $59,926

Three Lakes, WI $60,094

Tony, WI $60,077

Tripoli, WI $59,948

Upson, WI $59,694

Wabeno, WI $60,080

Woodruff, WI $60,177

La Crosse, WI $59,754

Alma, WI $61,277

Alma Center, WI $60,469

Arcadia, WI $60,690

Arkdale, WI $60,240

Bangor, WI $59,885

Black River Falls, WI $60,273

Blair, WI $60,456

Camp Douglas, WI $60,329

Cashton, WI $59,950

Cataract, WI $60,046

Chaseburg, WI $59,853

Cochrane, WI $61,171

Coon Valley, WI $59,829

De Soto, WI $59,956

Dodge, WI $60,520

Eastman, WI $60,127

Ettrick, WI $60,071

Ferryville, WI $60,054

Fountain City, WI $60,907

Galesville, WI $60,254

Gays Mills, WI $60,242

Genoa, WI $59,897

Hillsboro, WI $60,457

Hixton, WI $60,468

Holmen, WI $59,894

Hustler, WI $60,549

Kendall, WI $60,383

La Farge, WI $60,290

Lynxville, WI $60,132

Mather, WI $60,256

Melrose, WI $60,060

Millston, WI $60,127

Mindoro, WI $59,936

Mount Sterling, WI $60,341

Necedah, WI $60,263

Norwalk, WI $60,021

Oakdale, WI $60,332

Onalaska, WI $59,800

Ontario, WI $60,284

Readstown, WI $60,221

Rockland, WI $59,874

Seneca, WI $60,400

Soldiers Grove, WI $60,287

Sparta, WI $59,998

Steuben, WI $60,235

Stoddard, WI $59,803

Taylor, WI $60,337

Tomah, WI $60,362

Trempealeau, WI $60,247

Palmyra, WI $61,608

Tunnel City, WI $60,333

Viola, WI $60,328

Viroqua, WI $59,951

Warrens, WI $60,238

Westby, WI $59,921

West Salem, WI $59,831

Wilton, WI $60,329

Eau Claire, WI $60,719

Altoona, WI $60,801

Arkansaw, WI $61,439

Augusta, WI $60,567

Bay City, WI $61,997

Bloomer, WI $60,358

Boyceville, WI $61,311

Glen Flora, WI $59,979

Wales, WI $62,451

Bagley, WI $60,137

Beetown, WI $60,197

Benton, WI $60,435

Bloomington, WI $60,208

Boscobel, WI $60,338

Cassville, WI $60,136

Cuba City, WI $60,327

Dickeyville, WI $60,378

Fennimore, WI $60,410

Glen Haven, WI $60,103

Hazel Green, WI $60,230

Kieler, WI $60,395

Lancaster, WI $60,272

Mount Hope, WI $60,198

Patch Grove, WI $60,416

Platteville, WI $60,529

Potosi, WI $60,153

Prairie Du Chien, WI $60,284

Sinsinawa, WI $60,205

Stitzer, WI $60,391

Wauzeka, WI $60,228

Woodman, WI $60,162

Portage, WI $61,487

Adams, WI $60,517

Arlington, WI $62,109

Baraboo, WI $61,492

Beaver Dam, WI $61,437

Brandon, WI $60,783

Briggsville, WI $61,105

Burnett, WI $61,022

Cambria, WI $61,401

Cazenovia, WI $60,567

Columbus, WI $61,921

Dalton, WI $61,051

Dellwood, WI $60,313

Doylestown, WI $61,824

Elroy, WI $60,400

Endeavor, WI $61,028

Fairwater, WI $60,902

Fall River, WI $61,746

Fox Lake, WI $61,134

Friendship, WI $60,335

Friesland, WI $61,323

Grand Marsh, WI $60,544

Hillpoint, WI $60,921

Kingston, WI $61,109

Lake Delton, WI $61,266

La Valle, WI $60,651

Lime Ridge, WI $60,877

Loganville, WI $61,061

Lyndon Station, WI $60,732

Markesan, WI $60,814

Marquette, WI $61,024

Mauston, WI $60,503

Montello, WI $60,813

New Lisbon, WI $60,336

North Freedom, WI $61,522

Oxford, WI $60,823

Packwaukee, WI $61,065

Pardeeville, WI $61,524

Poynette, WI $61,914

Randolph, WI $61,399

Reedsburg, WI $61,043

Rio, WI $61,848

Rock Springs, WI $61,124

Union Center, WI $60,673

Waupun, WI $60,910

Westfield, WI $60,531

Wisconsin Dells, WI $61,015

Wonewoc, WI $60,444

Wyocena, WI $61,662

Amery, WI $62,284

Baldwin, WI $62,658

Beldenville, WI $62,543

Clayton, WI $61,469

Clear Lake, WI $61,964

Cushing, WI $62,074

Deer Park, WI $62,409

Dresser, WI $62,830

East Ellsworth, WI $62,384

Ellsworth, WI $62,486

Glenwood City, WI $62,102

Hager City, WI $62,646

Hammond, WI $63,396

Hudson, WI $64,400

New Richmond, WI $63,549

Osceola, WI $63,713

Prescott, WI $63,889

River Falls, WI $63,809

Roberts, WI $63,791

Saint Croix Falls, WI $62,458

Somerset, WI $64,148

Star Prairie, WI $63,381

Pell Lake, WI $61,441

Pleasant Prairie, WI $61,499

Powers Lake, WI $61,546

Rochester, WI $61,794

Salem, WI $61,595

Silver Lake, WI $61,610

Somers, WI $61,423

South Milwaukee, WI $63,241

Springfield, WI $61,468

Sturtevant, WI $61,435

Sullivan, WI $61,753

Trevor, WI $61,624

Twin Lakes, WI $61,598

Union Grove, WI $61,568

Walworth, WI $61,338

Radisson, WI $59,872

Waterford, WI $62,120

Waukesha, WI $63,063

Whitewater, WI $61,257

Williams Bay, WI $61,279

Wilmot, WI $61,621

Woodworth, WI $61,546

Zenda, WI $61,276

Milwaukee, WI $63,584

Saint Francis, WI $63,556

Racine, WI $61,393

Afton, WI $61,215

Albany, WI $61,632

Arena, WI $61,653

Argyle, WI $61,288

Avalon, WI $61,224

Avoca, WI $60,872

Barneveld, WI $61,658

Belleville, WI $62,038

Belmont, WI $60,698

Beloit, WI $61,158

Black Earth, WI $62,042

Blanchardville, WI $61,449

Blue Mounds, WI $61,858

Blue River, WI $60,315

Brodhead, WI $61,211

Brooklyn, WI $62,068

Browntown, WI $60,807

Cambridge, WI $62,038

Gile, WI $60,185

Clinton, WI $61,259

Wausau, WI $60,385

Marshfield, WI $60,411

Abbotsford, WI $60,351

Amherst, WI $60,512

Amherst Junction, WI $60,444

Aniwa, WI $60,148

Antigo, WI $60,207

Arpin, WI $60,291

Athens, WI $60,212

Auburndale, WI $60,261

Babcock, WI $60,167

Birnamwood, WI $60,184

Blenker, WI $60,253

Bowler, WI $60,301

Brokaw, WI $60,304

Bryant, WI $60,077

Chili, WI $60,338

Colby, WI $60,318

Curtiss, WI $60,291

Custer, WI $60,358

Deerbrook, WI $60,073

Dorchester, WI $60,295

Edgar, WI $60,260

Eland, WI $60,252

Elcho, WI $60,103

Elderon, WI $60,289

Elton, WI $60,155

Galloway, WI $60,346

Gilman, WI $60,159

Jump River, WI $60,106

Gleason, WI $60,086

Granton, WI $60,334

Greenwood, WI $60,365

Hannibal, WI $60,149

Hatley, WI $60,229

Hewitt, WI $60,519

Irma, WI $60,113

Junction City, WI $60,230

Loyal, WI $60,360

Lublin, WI $60,210

Marathon, WI $60,249

Mattoon, WI $60,369

Medford, WI $60,230

Merrill, WI $60,210

Milladore, WI $60,251

Mosinee, WI $60,291

Neillsville, WI $60,418

Nekoosa, WI $60,311

Nelsonville, WI $60,575

Ogema, WI $60,068

Owen, WI $60,304

Pearson, WI $60,053

Pelican Lake, WI $60,057

Phlox, WI $60,325

Woodville, WI $62,313

Houlton, WI $64,558

Abrams, WI $60,386

Amberg, WI $60,021

Armstrong Creek, WI $60,036

Athelstane, WI $60,060

Black Creek, WI $61,041

Bonduel, WI $60,554

Brillion, WI $60,986

Cecil, WI $60,461

Coleman, WI $60,334

Combined Locks, WI $61,446

Crivitz, WI $60,226

De Pere, WI $60,516

Dunbar, WI $59,996

Fence, WI $59,934

Florence, WI $60,022

Forest Junction, WI $61,160

Gillett, WI $60,417

Goodman, WI $60,034

Greenleaf, WI $60,748

Green Valley, WI $60,433

Gresham, WI $60,395

Hilbert, WI $61,137

Kaukauna, WI $61,370

Freedom, WI $61,294

Keshena, WI $60,460

Kimberly, WI $61,450

Krakow, WI $60,434

Lakewood, WI $60,133

Lena, WI $60,376

Little Chute, WI $61,447

Little Suamico, WI $60,371

Marinette, WI $60,410

Mountain, WI $60,168

Neopit, WI $60,312

Niagara, WI $60,087

Nichols, WI $60,771

Oconto, WI $60,370

Oconto Falls, WI $60,403

Oneida, WI $60,440

Pembine, WI $60,049

Peshtigo, WI $60,359

Porterfield, WI $60,202

Potter, WI $61,018

Pound, WI $60,269

Pulaski, WI $60,456

Pickerel, WI $60,109

Pittsville, WI $60,247

Plover, WI $60,449

Port Edwards, WI $60,481

Rib Lake, WI $60,150

Ringle, WI $60,210

Rosholt, WI $60,334

Rothschild, WI $60,440

Rudolph, WI $60,271

Schofield, WI $60,391

Spencer, WI $60,348

Stetsonville, WI $60,257

Stevens Point, WI $60,423

Stratford, WI $60,297

Summit Lake, WI $60,120

Tigerton, WI $60,394

Tomahawk, WI $60,158

Unity, WI $60,301

Vesper, WI $60,280

Westboro, WI $60,072

White Lake, WI $60,103

Willard, WI $60,352

Wisconsin Rapids, WI $60,387

Withee, WI $60,268

Wittenberg, WI $60,321

Rhinelander, WI $60,191

Argonne, WI $59,998

Boulder Junction, WI $60,036

Brantwood, WI $59,980

Butternut, WI $59,882

Catawba, WI $59,999

Clam Lake, WI $59,674

Conover, WI $60,067

Crandon, WI $60,160

Eagle River, WI $60,156

Fifield, WI $59,961

Poplar, WI $60,890

Port Wing, WI $60,390

Seymour, WI $60,698

Oak Creek, WI $62,813

Adell, WI $61,586

Allenton, WI $61,811

Ashippun, WI $62,010

Belgium, WI $62,190

Brookfield, WI $63,444

Brownsville, WI $60,972

Butler, WI $63,481

Campbellsport, WI $61,273

Cascade, WI $61,222

Cedarburg, WI $62,903

Cedar Grove, WI $61,904

Chilton, WI $61,021

Cleveland, WI $60,776

Clyman, WI $61,524

Colgate, WI $62,803

Delafield, WI $62,426

Eden, WI $60,953

Elkhart Lake, WI $60,949

Fredonia, WI $62,174

Germantown, WI $63,064

Glenbeulah, WI $60,919

Grafton, WI $62,915

Greenbush, WI $60,917

Hartford, WI $62,249

Hartland, WI $62,616

Hingham, WI $61,488

Horicon, WI $61,345

Hubertus, WI $62,719

Hustisford, WI $61,591

Iron Ridge, WI $61,683

Ixonia, WI $61,875

Jackson, WI $62,724

Johnson Creek, WI $61,684

Juneau, WI $61,345

Kewaskum, WI $61,837

Kiel, WI $60,842

Kohler, WI $61,104

Lannon, WI $63,152

Lebanon, WI $61,651

Lomira, WI $61,258

Malone, WI $60,969

Mayville, WI $61,278

Menomonee Falls, WI $63,246

Merton, WI $62,719

Mount Calvary, WI $61,020

Nashotah, WI $62,413

Neosho, WI $61,897

Newburg, WI $62,426

New Holstein, WI $60,935

Newton, WI $60,719

North Lake, WI $62,937

Oakfield, WI $60,859

Oconomowoc, WI $62,167

Okauchee, WI $62,345

Oostburg, WI $61,600

Pewaukee, WI $62,888

Plymouth, WI $61,031

Port Washington, WI $62,534

Random Lake, WI $61,879

Richfield, WI $62,753

Rubicon, WI $62,004

Saint Cloud, WI $61,015

Saukville, WI $62,611

Sheboygan, WI $61,279

Sheboygan Falls, WI $61,073

Slinger, WI $62,445

Stockbridge, WI $61,157

Sussex, WI $62,936

West Bend, WI $62,120

Theresa, WI $61,624

Thiensville, WI $63,368

Waldo, WI $61,433

Watertown, WI $61,607

Mequon, WI $63,205

Woodland, WI $61,738

Bassett, WI $61,598

Benet Lake, WI $61,540

Big Bend, WI $62,559

Bristol, WI $61,548

Burlington, WI $61,664

Caledonia, WI $61,894

Camp Lake, WI $61,617

Cudahy, WI $63,507

Darien, WI $61,326

Delavan, WI $61,300

Dousman, WI $61,999

Eagle, WI $61,885

Cobb, WI $60,905

Cottage Grove, WI $62,394

Cross Plains, WI $62,238

Dane, WI $62,234

Darlington, WI $60,871

Deerfield, WI $62,223

De Forest, WI $62,304

Dodgeville, WI $61,178

Edgerton, WI $61,903

Edmund, WI $61,039

Evansville, WI $61,733

Footville, WI $61,347

Fort Atkinson, WI $61,637

Gotham, WI $61,177

Gratiot, WI $60,599

Hanover, WI $61,334

Highland, WI $60,823

Hollandale, WI $61,547

Janesville, WI $61,382

Shawano, WI $60,495

Sherwood, WI $61,317

Shiocton, WI $60,886

Sobieski, WI $60,381

Suamico, WI $60,365

Suring, WI $60,289

Townsend, WI $60,160

Wausaukee, WI $60,125

Wrightstown, WI $61,136

Zachow, WI $60,480

Algoma, WI $60,369

Baileys Harbor, WI $60,203

Brussels, WI $60,362

Casco, WI $60,374

Collins, WI $60,848

Denmark, WI $60,446

Egg Harbor, WI $60,250

Ellison Bay, WI $60,148

Ephraim, WI $60,250

Fish Creek, WI $60,210

Forestville, WI $60,364

Francis Creek, WI $60,516

Kellnersville, WI $60,556

Kewaunee, WI $60,403

Luxemburg, WI $60,376

Manitowoc, WI $60,630

Maplewood, WI $60,353

Maribel, WI $60,518

Mishicot, WI $60,467

New Franken, WI $60,367

Reedsville, WI $60,679

Saint Nazianz, WI $60,799

Sister Bay, WI $60,214

Sturgeon Bay, WI $60,374

Tisch Mills, WI $60,440

Two Rivers, WI $60,462

Valders, WI $60,770

Washington Island, WI $60,113

Whitelaw, WI $60,559

Green Bay, WI $60,358

East Troy, WI $61,885

Elkhorn, WI $61,459

Elm Grove, WI $63,481

Fontana, WI $61,314

Franksville, WI $61,854

Genesee Depot, WI $62,330

Genoa City, WI $61,489

Greendale, WI $63,435

Hales Corners, WI $63,326

Franklin, WI $62,961

Helenville, WI $61,538

Honey Creek, WI $61,692

Kansasville, WI $61,670

Kenosha, WI $61,408

New Berlin, WI $63,128

Lake Geneva, WI $61,281

Lyons, WI $61,610

Mukwonago, WI $62,263

Muskego, WI $62,658

New Munster, WI $61,617

North Prairie, WI $62,230

Fremont, WI $60,936

Rice Lake, WI $60,208

Sarona, WI $60,061

Shell Lake, WI $60,112

Siren, WI $60,720

Solon Springs, WI $60,379

South Range, WI $60,949

Springbrook, WI $59,945

Stone Lake, WI $59,967

Superior, WI $61,013

Trego, WI $60,009

Turtle Lake, WI $61,368

Wascott, WI $60,318

Washburn, WI $60,087

Webster, WI $60,160

Weyerhaeuser, WI $60,062

Winter, WI $59,775

Oshkosh, WI $61,097

Almond, WI $60,436

Appleton, WI $61,450

Bancroft, WI $60,247

Bear Creek, WI $60,788

Berlin, WI $60,830

Big Falls, WI $60,647

Butte Des Morts, WI $61,065

Caroline, WI $60,484

Clintonville, WI $60,640

Coloma, WI $60,277

Dale, WI $61,176

Eldorado, WI $60,952

Embarrass, WI $60,620

Eureka, WI $60,846

Fond Du Lac, WI $61,248

Jefferson, WI $61,586

Juda, WI $61,135

Lake Mills, WI $61,880

Linden, WI $60,975

Livingston, WI $60,662

Lodi, WI $62,035

Lone Rock, WI $60,992

Lowell, WI $61,640

Mc Farland, WI $62,463

Marshall, WI $62,156

Mazomanie, WI $62,010

Merrimac, WI $61,765

Middleton, WI $62,418

Milton, WI $61,409

Mineral Point, WI $61,002

Monroe, WI $61,098

Montfort, WI $60,688

Monticello, WI $61,561

Morrisonville, WI $62,240

Mount Horeb, WI $61,947

Muscoda, WI $60,585

New Glarus, WI $61,814

Oregon, WI $62,359

Orfordville, WI $61,276

Plain, WI $61,178

Prairie Du Sac, WI $61,798

Reeseville, WI $61,765

Rewey, WI $60,731

Richland Center, WI $60,524

Ridgeway, WI $61,617

Sauk City, WI $61,815

Sextonville, WI $61,081

Sharon, WI $61,311

Shullsburg, WI $60,482

South Wayne, WI $60,727

Spring Green, WI $61,413

Stoughton, WI $62,241

Sun Prairie, WI $62,304

Verona, WI $62,287

Waterloo, WI $61,964

Waunakee, WI $62,443

Windsor, WI $62,404

Woodford, WI $61,088

Madison, WI $62,574

CNC Machine Programmer Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For CNC Machine Programmer roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 30% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Aerospace & Defense and MFG Durable sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 15% above the average. In contrast, CNC Machine Programmer positions in MFG Nondurable or Energy & Utilities typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view CNC Machine Programmer as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a CNC Machine Programmer

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Aerospace & Defense	$71,851	$35.0	15%
MFG Durable	$65,603	$32.0	5%

CNC Machine Programmer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a CNC Machine Programmer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$56,087

Average $62,479/year

$68,346

$4,674

Average $5,207/month

$5,696

$1,079

Average $1,202/week

$1,314

$27

Average $30/hour

$33

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$68,346	$5,696	$1,314	$33
Average	$62,479	$5,207	$1,202	$30
25th Percentile	$56,087	$4,674	$1,079	$27

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