what is the average salary of mastercam programmers in usa

[robel]

i live atlanta ,georgia. i did not find that much manufacturing jobs. i make $21 hr to program and setup machines for production no seat at office work like operaters. is there any place in usa good payment. please refer me which state is good for manufacting jobs and payment. how much did they pay per hour .

[BOATDUDEGUY]

U can get 25-30-range in houston tx just for operating

If u look enough and have a set of skills

Take my word for it

There not the most efficent or competent companies in regards to turning profit hence the pay

But thats not my part, they dont even listen when u make suggestions

 

[GnoGueyJose]

Six figures in Southern California, but you've got to bring some

serious

skills to the table. How serious? Serious enough to change the kind of revenue your company can generate in a seven digit kind of way. Serious enough to to know how to get the impossible done on time and under budget. Serious enough to sit across the tabe from a Collier Award winner and have the confidence in your skills propose out of the box ideas on their designs to cut manufacturing costs. Confident enough in your own skills that you can work with others in a Team Atmosphere and not worry about your job or your position.

 

Anything less than that and you can expect to top out around $30~$35/hr here.

[GoetzInd]

Agree 100%

 

We're looking to pay $30/$35 Chicago area for solid MC programmer. Not to many out there looking for jobs.

 

Mike

[Jayson Kramer]

$30-35 is good money for a programmer. Seems like allot of people look at this as chump change these days.

Now to find a job that pays 6 figures for 40 to 50 hours a week are really hard.But they are there.

But also 6 figures in Cali is not what it used to be.

 

But I still say that $30-35 even here is still good pay these days.

[Aeroguy]

Here in the Toronto area 30-35 an hour is great money for a programmer, but it really depends on the industry you are working in. If all your doing is milling out profiles and drilling holes in aluminum plate, then don't expect to make anything more than low 20's. If on the other hand you are doing multi-axis aerospace parts with thin walls and tight tolerances, then yes you can expect to get paid in the low to mid 30's. But you need to produce good stuff. Usually

[Del.]

Here in the Toronto area 30-35 an hour is great money for a programmer, but it really depends on the industry you are working in. If all your doing is milling out profiles and drilling holes in aluminum plate, then don't expect to make anything more than low 20's. If on the other hand you are doing multi-axis aerospace parts with thin walls and tight tolerances, then yes you can expect to get paid in the low to mid 30's. But you need to produce good stuff. Usually

 

 

Aeroguy, What is the cost of living in Toronto compared to smaller cities?

[RaiderX]

I see $20-$65 on the left coast. the wide gap sometimes depends on skills other times its who you know. I shop jobs more on the company's stability for long term not how much I can make per hour, my skillset must match as well. this is a vast trade. I know aerospace but would be worthless in cabinet shop or boat building.

[cadcamer]

I am in Atlanta GA and I would say for doing multi-axis aerospace parts with tight tolerances you should be in the $25.00 to $30.00 range.

 

3 axis work with tight tolerances $23.00 to $27.00 range.

[Guest]

Six figures in Southern California

 

 

It IS out there but as stated, you need to bring ALOT to the table

[Aeroguy]

Aeroguy, What is the cost of living in Toronto compared to smaller cities?

 

Well thats the kicker now isn't it. If you actually lived in Toronto, 30/hr probably isn't gonna get you much. But it depends on your situation I guess. I live just outside Toronto, and my wages barely cover my bills. But I pay for everything in my family, mortgage, food, utilites, 2 cars etc etc.

Houses around a 15-30 minute drive from Toronto will run you about 300k for a small townhouse and it just goes up from there. Gas prices are a killer too, so for example if you drive 30km one way (about 19 miles) and you drive a small SUV then expect to shell out at least $250 month in gas easy.

Now, if you don't mind the drive and the gas prices, then if you move just over an hour outside Toronto in any direction and house prices drop dramatically. That same 300k townhouse near Toronto is now about 200k or so. But your cars gas and maintenance bill will sky rocket, so its all relative really.

Also jobs outside of the GTA are not exactly easy to come by, and they don't pay near as much.

 

Clear as mud ??

[Jayson Kramer]

Clear as mud ??

Exactly

 

Sounds Like Cali not cheap. gas for me at sames club is $3.61 gal and my customer wants me on site two days a week round trip 300 miles. this adds up quick. it does help I get paid going and coming and while there. but that is allot of gas.

 

compared to 2011 I was contracted with a large aerospace company 5mile door to door now that is nice .

[gcode]

It depends on the employeer too.

A mom and pop shop does not have the cash flow to pay top dollar.

[Jayson Kramer]

It depends on the employeer too.

A mom and pop shop does not have the cash flow to pay top dollar.

So true. I have tried with a small shops paying 6 figures and they run out of money or work to pay so it ends up short term. they are better off hiring a contractor for the big projects.

[gcode]

I have tried with a small shops paying 6 figures and they run out of money or work to pay

Mom and Pop usually get bent out of shape when they realize their programmer is making more that they

are.

[RayD]

Salary is directly relative to the cost of living.

 

Here in Alberta, we are the hotspot in Canada for Oil & Gas, I know programmers who make between $30-$45/hr depending on skill-set, and the complexity of the parts the company manufactures.

 

 

But you go to buy a house in Alberta and you pay for it. I cry when I see Houses on the DIY network, some places in the USA you can buy a mansion for $200k... I cant even buy a trailer at the dump for that much here....Relative

[Aeroguy]

But you go to buy a house in Alberta and you pay for it. I cry when I see Houses on the DIY network, some places in the USA you can buy a mansion for $200k... I cant even buy a trailer at the dump for that much here....Relative

 

Its the same here in the GTA. Everytime I see one of those HGTV shows about house buying in the states and watch the people complain that the 3000+ sq/ft house for 250k is just too small for them I want to reach into the TV and strangle them !!!!

250k might buy me a nice condo apartment the size of a minivan around here somewhere. Maybe

[Tyler Robertson]

I was complaining at a family gathering about house prices in waterloo not coming down .. my cousin in Grand Prairie just paid 300k for what looks like a trailer townhouse.

 

course he clears 150-200k doing crane maintenance..

[mkd]

over a decade ago, i worked at a place where machinist/operators (hand coding skills only) could get into 6 figures with massive OT and the programmers would complain if they got down to 100k even, with limited OT.

depends on the work.

currently in the chump change category and never been happier.

[Zoober]

Don't even need OT for six figures in Cali.

But do expect to be able to program everything from Swiss to 5 axis.

I'm loving my 40 hr weeks.

[dforsythe]

$30-35 is good money for a programmer. Seems like allot of people look at this as chump change these days.

Now to find a job that pays 6 figures for 40 to 50 hours a week are really hard.But they are there.

But also 6 figures in Cali is not what it used to be.

 

But I still say that $30-35 even here is still good pay these days.

 

"cali" is a big state. I have no idea what cost of living in socal might be, but that kind of money goes a long way in my neck of the woods. 20 mile drive from the country to work. no traffic so it takes under 20 min door to door.

[mkd]

Don't even need OT for six figures in Cali.

But do expect to be able to program everything from Swiss to 5 axis.

I'm loving my 40 hr weeks.

need a helper?

[Jayson Kramer]

Don't even need OT for six figures in Cali.

But do expect to be able to program everything from Swiss to 5 axis.

I'm loving my 40 hr weeks.

Zoob don't tease them like that. you know what it has taken to get here. lol

Now when are we doing lunch?

[GnoGueyJose]

Who you know... Yeah, but that's the same no matter what career you're in. It certainly never hurts to know people.

[Bob W.]

Mom and Pop usually get bent out of shape when they realize their programmer is making more that they

are.

 

Maybe if they aren't running their business very well. I would expect to make at LEAST a 2:1 return on a programmer, even if I were paying them $100k per year. Any less and I got the wrong employee and it is time for a change...