Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators · SOC 51-9161

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators Salary in the Lakeland Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area

Figures describe the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Lakeland city limits.

Median annual wage$42,900
Median hourly wage$20.63

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area earned a median of $42,900 per year ($20.63 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,860 at the 10th percentile to $57,660 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in the Lakeland metro area earn more than $42,900 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,750 and $47,950.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,860$38,750$42,900$47,950$57,660
Hourly$15.80$18.63$20.63$23.05$27.72

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Lakeland metro areathis metro area
    $42,900 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $38,750 to $47,950
  • Floridastate (FL)
    $46,170 median for Florida; middle half earns $39,420 to $53,480
  • $50,690 median for United States; middle half earns $44,930 to $61,760

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −7% vs Florida overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$37,220$61,347$85,473$109,600Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $37,220Mansfield, OH — $38,770Rome, GA — $38,910Goldsboro, NC — $38,980Dalton, GA — $39,030Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $39,400Manhattan, KS — $39,660Gadsden, AL — $39,730El Paso, TX — $40,040Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,330Macon-Bibb County, GA — $41,740Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $41,980Bay City, MI — $41,990Battle Creek, MI — $42,900Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $42,900Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $42,910McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $42,950Montgomery, AL — $43,060Muncie, IN — $43,140Joplin, MO-KS — $43,520Niles, MI — $43,680Naples-Marco Island, FL — $43,950Dothan, AL — $44,320Kokomo, IN — $44,320Flint, MI — $44,340Ocala, FL — $44,520Ogden, UT — $44,520Terre Haute, IN — $44,820Abilene, TX — $44,870Grants Pass, OR — $44,880Harrisonburg, VA — $44,890Killeen-Temple, TX — $44,900Waco, TX — $44,960Evansville, IN — $45,040State College, PA — $45,100Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,110Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $45,220Johnson City, TN — $45,480Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,570Lubbock, TX — $45,580Jackson, MI — $45,640Elizabethtown, KY — $45,900Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $45,930Lima, OH — $46,240Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,250Williamsport, PA — $46,380St. George, UT — $46,470Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,490Gainesville, GA — $46,510Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,550Traverse City, MI — $46,570Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,630Ann Arbor, MI — $46,640Florence, SC — $46,650Jackson, MS — $46,710Bloomington, IN — $46,730Rockford, IL — $46,780Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,840Jacksonville, FL — $46,860Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,880Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,900Gainesville, FL — $46,900North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,920Burlington, NC — $46,940Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,040Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,050Albuquerque, NM — $47,060Wichita Falls, TX — $47,090Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,100Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $47,100Logan, UT-ID — $47,110Canton-Massillon, OH — $47,180Toledo, OH — $47,190Sherman-Denison, TX — $47,200Erie, PA — $47,210San Angelo, TX — $47,220Ames, IA — $47,330Columbus, GA-AL — $47,460Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,510Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,670Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $47,780Medford, OR — $47,790Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $47,870Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,900Gettysburg, PA — $47,920Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,930Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,940College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,990Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,990Springfield, OH — $48,010Janesville-Beloit, WI — $48,040Cleveland, TN — $48,080Victoria, TX — $48,120Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $48,150Monroe, MI — $48,210Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,230South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $48,270Tyler, TX — $48,270Champaign-Urbana, IL — $48,320Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,360Fort Wayne, IN — $48,430Wichita, KS — $48,480Carson City, NV — $48,510Oklahoma City, OK — $48,540Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $48,560Utica-Rome, NY — $48,560Columbus, IN — $48,590Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $48,620Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,660Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,660Cleveland, OH — $48,670Omaha, NE-IA — $48,670Longview, TX — $48,680Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,680Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $48,690Lebanon, PA — $48,760Fond du Lac, WI — $48,890Syracuse, NY — $48,940Modesto, CA — $49,020Knoxville, TN — $49,040Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $49,090Baton Rouge, LA — $49,100Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $49,110Merced, CA — $49,200Rochester, NY — $49,230Tucson, AZ — $49,310Fresno, CA — $49,330Mankato, MN — $49,330Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $49,360Kenosha, WI — $49,380Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,400Boise City, ID — $49,420Odessa, TX — $49,420San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,450Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $49,460Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,470Youngstown-Warren, OH — $49,480Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $49,600Lincoln, NE — $49,790Kankakee, IL — $49,860Lafayette, LA — $49,930Coeur d'Alene, ID — $50,000Roanoke, VA — $50,010Corvallis, OR — $50,060Tulsa, OK — $50,110Columbus, OH — $50,150Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $50,160Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $50,260Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,280Tuscaloosa, AL — $50,300Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $50,400Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $50,400Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $50,400Peoria, IL — $50,420Asheville, NC — $50,440Redding, CA — $50,440Jackson, TN — $50,450Sheboygan, WI — $50,460Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,640Richmond, VA — $50,700Chambersburg, PA — $50,730Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,750Grand Junction, CO — $50,980Bozeman, MT — $51,000Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,010Reno, NV — $51,130Athens-Clarke County, GA — $51,160Lawrence, KS — $51,280Grand Forks, ND-MN — $51,320Binghamton, NY — $51,330Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $51,430Columbia, SC — $51,530Colorado Springs, CO — $51,540Springfield, MO — $51,540Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $51,590Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $51,600York-Hanover, PA — $51,770Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $51,800Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $51,890Chico, CA — $51,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $52,040Dubuque, IA — $52,110Lexington-Fayette, KY — $52,150Reading, PA — $52,150Rapid City, SD — $52,190Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $52,220Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,240Duluth, MN-WI — $52,300St. Louis, MO-IL — $52,310Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $52,360Greeley, CO — $52,430Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,560Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $52,750Spartanburg, SC — $52,810Madison, WI — $52,980Akron, OH — $53,100Winston-Salem, NC — $53,110Bloomington, IL — $53,300Jonesboro, AR — $53,310Bend, OR — $53,320Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $53,660Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $53,680Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $53,730Salem, OR — $53,920Missoula, MT — $54,010Billings, MT — $54,070New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $54,180Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $54,260La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $54,390Appleton, WI — $54,690Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,790San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $54,910Lynchburg, VA — $54,920Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $54,980Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $55,390Anniston-Oxford, AL — $55,440Pueblo, CO — $55,470New Haven, CT — $55,520Portland-South Portland, ME — $55,920Bowling Green, KY — $56,390Fort Smith, AR-OK — $56,520Visalia, CA — $56,670Decatur, IL — $56,690Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $56,770Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,910Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $57,020Grand Island, NE — $57,040Cedar Rapids, IA — $57,170Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $57,200Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $57,280San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $57,300Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $57,310Rochester, MN — $57,330Wausau, WI — $57,330Altoona, PA — $57,450Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $57,520Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,670Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $57,780Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $57,790Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $57,850St. Cloud, MN — $57,980Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $58,050Kingston, NY — $58,070Decatur, AL — $58,270Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $58,290Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $58,540Savannah, GA — $58,570Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $58,570Green Bay, WI — $58,610Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $58,640Eau Claire, WI — $58,660Worcester, MA — $58,740Pittsburgh, PA — $58,770Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,850Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $58,870New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,900Lancaster, PA — $58,970Boulder, CO — $58,980Amarillo, TX — $59,070Birmingham, AL — $59,080Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,270Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $59,280Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,360Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $59,440San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $59,600San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $59,620Vallejo, CA — $59,740Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $59,930Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $60,100Glens Falls, NY — $60,150Springfield, MA — $60,200Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $60,210Elmira, NY — $60,260Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $60,600St. Joseph, MO-KS — $60,960Mobile, AL — $61,340Sandusky, OH — $61,360Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,650Huntsville, AL — $61,790Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $61,830Lewiston, ID-WA — $62,000Morristown, TN — $62,760Fargo, ND-MN — $63,610Albany, OR — $64,170Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,180Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $109,600

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Lakeland metro area has the 272nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 286 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer numerically controlled tool operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Lakeland metro areathis page
    $42,900 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $38,750 to $47,950
  • $51,800 median for Crestview metro area; middle half earns $43,360 to $58,810
  • $50,260 median for Palm Bay metro area; middle half earns $39,530 to $53,340
  • $48,360 median for Miami metro area; middle half earns $42,250 to $59,760
  • $47,100 median for Deltona metro area; middle half earns $40,000 to $57,830
  • $47,050 median for Port St. Lucie metro area; middle half earns $44,320 to $58,160
  • $46,920 median for North Port metro area; middle half earns $44,590 to $57,800

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.