Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers · SOC 51-9162

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for computer numerically controlled tool programmers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 135 metro areas

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$102,980	420	0.4
2	Wichita, KS	$99,790	390	1.3
3	St. Louis, MO-IL	$94,230	290	0.2
4	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$93,770	40	0.3
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$93,640	260	0.1
6	Boulder, CO	$91,420	40	0.2
7	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$89,190	290	0.5
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$87,880	70	0.2
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$86,860	400	0.2
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$85,560	540	0.2
11	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$84,260	100	0.1
12	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$83,730	60	0.4
13	New Haven, CT	$83,200	40	0.1
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$82,950	1,350	0.2
15	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$81,170	50	0.4
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$79,990	270	0.2
17	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$79,480	30	0.1
18	Huntsville, AL	$78,910	140	0.5
19	Worcester, MA	$78,710	70	0.2
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$78,010	850	0.4
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$76,970	70	0.0
22	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$76,710	60	0.1
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$76,650	50	0.1
24	Evansville, IN	$76,240	30	0.2
25	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$75,910	60	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.