Machinists

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Ferris State University, MI

$68,852

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Idaho State University, ID

$64,581

Precision Metal Working(associates)Hennepin Technical College, MN

$59,829

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, KY

$58,996

Precision Metal Working(associates)Ferris State University, MI

$56,811

Precision Metal Working(associates)Ivy Tech Community College, IN

$56,292

Precision Metal Working(associates)Dunwoody College of Technology, MN

$55,188

Precision Metal Working(associates)Vincennes University, IN

$54,908

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Fox Valley Technical College, WI

$53,507

Precision Metal Working(associates)Lake Superior College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Ridgewater College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Saint Paul College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Central Lakes College-Brainerd, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)South Central College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)St Cloud Technical and Community College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Minnesota West Community and Technical College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(associates)Pine Technical & Community College, MN

$53,468

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, KY

$53,172

Precision Metal Working(certificate)White Mountains Community College, NH

$53,066

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Hennepin Technical College, MN

$52,456

Precision Metal Working(associates)Fox Valley Technical College, WI

$52,449

Precision Metal Working(associates)Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, PA

$52,298

Precision Metal Working(associates)Anoka Technical College, MN

$51,747

Precision Metal Working(associates)North Dakota State College of Science, ND

$51,647

Precision Metal Working(certificate)Alexandria Technical & Community College, MN

$51,141