whats the going wages around the country

[Gary]

just wondering where the money is being made out there?

[beav700]

$25 to $28 here in Chicago. Doing molds and dies.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Depending on the skill level, beginning programmers make about $14-$18, and the top dogs can fetch anywhere from $30-$50 per hour here in Southern California.

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James M.

Mastercam Enthusiast

[awheeler]

Utah isn't what is known as a high paying state.

CNC Programmers 16$-20$ per hour.

Journeyman Machinist 14.50$-25$ (if your lucky)

There is the occasional yahoo that advertises help wanted for a Journeyman Machinist and wants to pay $10 per hour. Just remember all you employers, offer low wages and you'll never get quality work; you get what you pay for.

[RAJ]

ANY CANADIAN RATES????

[Guy]

SURE...

10$ to 12$ (CAN$) beginner machinist

I began at 12$ to program and foreman and setup man... I'm now 16.50$ (CAN)

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Guillaume Côté

Hexco inc, Montreal Canada

Stainless steel specialist

[Bullines]

Raj,

Ontario's HRDC publishes a salary survey for various occupations each year. It's broken down by occupation, location and experience. The most recently published one is from 1999. I imagine that other provinces have the same, but I haven't looked yet. The 1999 Ontario salary survey can be found at http://www.on.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/english/lmi/eaid/OWS99/ . Since you're in Waterloo, you could get there quicker by going to the survey on Kitchener's HRDC site at http://www.on.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/kitchener/en...s/index_e.shtml . For those in the States, http://www.salary.com would be a good place to start. It's always nice to know what you're worth in the job market Hope this helps.

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[Andy]

I have my own shop and basically work with one employee who is a 3 year trainee ($10/hr.).

We do total journeyman work. Inj Molds, Tool and Die, Short production, Prototypes, Design and build, etc. etc. If I add all the hours I work in the business and divide that into my profit I am making about $16.66/hr. AND am responsible for everything!

Anyone else out there in this enviable position?

You got to love this work.

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Gordon Engineering

Eureka, Ca.

V8 Lathe and Mill

[gcode]

Andy,

At least the boss can't fire you for

spending company time on the internet

[Andy]

Hey GCODE, He did fire me, but he had to hire me back because I was the only one who knew how to use Mastercam.

Andy

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Gordon Engineering

Eureka, Ca.

V8 Lathe and Mill

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Darn..... Dontcha hate when that happens?

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James M.

Mastercam Enthusiast

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

The highest wages I've seen were in the San Francisco Bay area. I think it's because the cost of living is so high there. In SF a STUDIO apt can run you almost $2000 per month. Yuck!

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James M.

Mastercam Enthusiast

[Kenneth Potter]

How much is it for a pup tent with out door plumbing in San Francisco ????

[cadcam]

I am finding more & more shops that want to put you on salary say after $25.00hr now a days.

so i have been seeing for 40 hrs from $60,000 to about $85,000 year.

the last couple of jobes that i acutally was an imployed $65,000 to 75,000

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jay/ aka cadcam

Precision Programming

email: [email protected]

web: www.ppcadcam.com

[Michael Reynolds]

Programmers in the upstate area make between 35K to 70K. Two of my latest graduates out of our machine tool aas degree got jobs as programmers starting at 40k. A really nice house is around 90K, beer is about 7.00 12 pack (labatts blue)....I'm staying here...

Mike R.

[MikeN]

I'm a CNC programmer down in New Zealand. I'm experienced in Mastercam to Mill Level 3 and Lathe, as well as experienced in Unigraphics and Vericut. I'm a fitter turner by trade, and fully experienced in operating machining centres and lathes, operating A Matsuura High Speed vertical, Okuma Verticals and Okuma/ MoriSeiki and Hitachi lathes. I've got 17 years experience in the trade. What sort of rates would I expect in the US? And...does anyone want to offer me a job?

 

[Toby]

Mike N,

In the San Francisco/ Bay area you should be able to fetch $25-35/hr with no problems when the market is good. It should be picking up in the moths to come.

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Toby Baughman

Programming Supervisor

Saint Gobain Semicon Group Inc.

Vs8.1.1 LvL3 Mill + solids

[Elad]

Well MikeN,

I can offer you about 8$ per hour (and it's really good here in Israel)

A regular worker here get about 4.5$ per hour.

But this is good if you compare us to jordan.

in jordan you will have about 150$ a month.

sorry,i don't have a better offer for you Mike.

[MikeN]

Hmm...$25-35US sounds damn good to me. Its tempting to look overseas, becuase the money here is rather poor for the skill level that is required for CNC programming.

 

[lovell110]

Im more curious on how the starting salaries make the older more experienced guys(including myself) feel?

[Gary]

i don't agree with the age comes the money.

If you have the skills then you should make the money. You know the sane equal work equal pay.

But i am only 25 and you guys that have been there all these years keeping are job opportunities alive do deserve more fringes say alot more paid vacation or something just seems fair u've been working your xxxx off for years some more fishing time should be nice make us young guys earn are keep that way. Just my opinion

 

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I kind of like gary's idea. If the young guys can do the same job, give them the same money, give the better fringes(more vacation, higher percentage matching 401k, personalized coffee cup, etc...) to the more experienced guys. But, I think they still gotta pay their dues for more than a few years before they get the really good wages.

JMHO

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James M.

Mastercam Enthusiast

[ChrisD]

Just a curious question:

What is a 401k?

Is it a pension or retirement plan?

[ferdelance]

A 401k is a tax-deferred savings plan for retirement. You pay no income tax or capital gains tax until you withdraw from it, typically after retirement or 59-1/2 years old. Any withdraw before that time is penalized. Currently the limit on how much you can contribute to your 401k is 15% of your annual salarie or 10,500 dollars. But President Bush promises to change that.....

Some employers match a percentage of the amount you contribute as a bonus or incentive.

[This message has been edited by ferdelance (edited 07-18-2001).]

[JAMMAN]

I don't see any michiganders admitting their wage.... I think it scales rather highly in the southeast section of the state. The economy seems to dictate the availibility of the jobs but anyone who can think on their own and program a little can nab 60k without a problem. Good help is extremely appreciated in that region. Here in Petoskey it is a little more difficult to find help. Anyone up here that knows V8.1.1?