Pay distribution $45,930 10th $55,560 25th $84,990 75th $87,200 90th
Half of Machinists in the Baton Rouge metro area earn more than $67,700 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $55,560 and $84,990.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $45,930 $55,560 $67,700 $84,990 $87,200 Hourly $22.08 $26.71 $32.55 $40.86 $41.92
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.
How this area compares Baton Rouge metro areathis metro area
$67,700 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $55,560 to $84,990
$61,110 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $49,030 to $75,170
$58,750 median for United States; middle half earns $47,570 to $67,700
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +11% vs Louisiana overall and +15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $29,310 $47,677 $66,043 $84,410 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,310 Aguadilla, PR — $32,490 Springfield, OH — $37,380 Amarillo, TX — $41,900 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,430 Kokomo, IN — $45,200 Las Cruces, NM — $45,370 Johnson City, TN — $45,550 Cleveland, TN — $46,120 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,290 Enid, OK — $46,460 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,460 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $46,530 Gettysburg, PA — $46,570 Chico, CA — $46,580 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $46,810 Joplin, MO-KS — $46,820 El Paso, TX — $46,880 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,990 Merced, CA — $47,130 Owensboro, KY — $47,170 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,200 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,300 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,360 Morristown, TN — $47,370 Ocala, FL — $47,750 Lubbock, TX — $47,790 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $47,840 Rapid City, SD — $47,840 Bloomington, IN — $47,850 Grants Pass, OR — $47,870 Kankakee, IL — $47,930 Charleston, WV — $48,110 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $48,160 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,230 Dalton, GA — $48,240 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $48,280 Jackson, TN — $48,340 Longview, TX — $48,350 Muncie, IN — $48,360 Gadsden, AL — $48,370 Chambersburg, PA — $48,400 Victoria, TX — $48,420 Battle Creek, MI — $48,530 Valdosta, GA — $48,710 Salisbury, MD — $48,890 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $48,970 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,990 Utica-Rome, NY — $49,090 Winchester, VA-WV — $49,130 Grand Junction, CO — $49,180 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $49,210 Texarkana, TX-AR — $49,310 Tallahassee, FL — $49,370 Gainesville, FL — $49,390 Traverse City, MI — $49,420 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,440 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $49,440 Sumter, SC — $49,480 San Angelo, TX — $49,610 Rockford, IL — $49,700 Sherman-Denison, TX — $49,710 Visalia, CA — $49,750 Jackson, MI — $49,840 Jackson, MS — $49,850 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,850 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,860 Harrisonburg, VA — $49,900 Knoxville, TN — $49,900 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,910 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $49,930 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,110 Columbia, MO — $50,120 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $50,250 Winston-Salem, NC — $50,350 Waco, TX — $50,380 Kingston, NY — $50,400 Killeen-Temple, TX — $50,420 Niles, MI — $50,430 Lawrence, KS — $50,460 Morgantown, WV — $50,510 Wichita, KS — $50,540 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $50,560 Hot Springs, AR — $50,560 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,610 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $50,680 Dothan, AL — $50,740 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,740 Birmingham, AL — $50,780 Tuscaloosa, AL — $50,850 State College, PA — $50,900 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,920 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $50,930 Springfield, MO — $51,100 Corvallis, OR — $51,110 Jonesboro, AR — $51,220 Dover, DE — $51,230 Lawton, OK — $51,290 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $51,420 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $51,430 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $51,540 Manhattan, KS — $51,630 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $51,630 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $51,670 Carson City, NV — $51,670 Peoria, IL — $51,680 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $51,700 Bowling Green, KY — $51,730 Jefferson City, MO — $51,850 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $51,990 Roanoke, VA — $52,000 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $52,000 Hattiesburg, MS — $52,170 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $52,200 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $52,270 Saginaw, MI — $52,360 Lebanon, PA — $52,620 Altoona, PA — $52,660 St. George, UT — $52,740 Bay City, MI — $52,780 Wichita Falls, TX — $52,790 Asheville, NC — $53,110 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $53,190 Tulsa, OK — $53,260 York-Hanover, PA — $53,290 Montgomery, AL — $53,460 Idaho Falls, ID — $53,500 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $53,510 Wausau, WI — $53,680 Fort Wayne, IN — $53,770 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $53,840 Lima, OH — $53,950 Bangor, ME — $54,080 Terre Haute, IN — $54,160 Mansfield, OH — $54,540 Fresno, CA — $54,580 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $54,580 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $54,840 Johnstown, PA — $54,910 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $54,930 Erie, PA — $55,120 Sheboygan, WI — $55,130 Casper, WY — $55,250 Redding, CA — $55,260 Midland, MI — $55,380 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $55,440 Ann Arbor, MI — $55,500 Jacksonville, NC — $55,500 College Station-Bryan, TX — $55,560 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $55,560 Rochester, NY — $55,560 Binghamton, NY — $55,580 Charlottesville, VA — $55,600 Gainesville, GA — $55,620 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $55,660 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $55,660 Tucson, AZ — $55,700 Pittsburgh, PA — $55,880 Beckley, WV — $55,950 Modesto, CA — $55,950 Cedar Rapids, IA — $56,000 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $56,010 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $56,070 Abilene, TX — $56,160 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $56,200 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $56,270 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $56,350 Akron, OH — $56,380 Topeka, KS — $56,400 Burlington, NC — $56,460 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $56,460 Salinas, CA — $56,490 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $56,530 Lancaster, PA — $56,700 Kansas City, MO-KS — $56,740 Yuba City, CA — $56,820 Florence, SC — $56,900 Rocky Mount, NC — $56,920 Decatur, IL — $56,980 Canton-Massillon, OH — $57,040 Twin Falls, ID — $57,050 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $57,160 Sandusky, OH — $57,170 Pueblo, CO — $57,230 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,300 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $57,390 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $57,410 Elizabethtown, KY — $57,480 Colorado Springs, CO — $57,510 Port St. Lucie, FL — $57,610 Fond du Lac, WI — $57,700 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $57,720 Rochester, MN — $57,770 Oklahoma City, OK — $57,780 Clarksville, TN-KY — $57,820 Lincoln, NE — $57,820 Yuma, AZ — $57,820 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $57,890 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $57,890 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $57,900 Columbus, OH — $57,940 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $57,970 Greenville, NC — $58,010 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $58,100 Albuquerque, NM — $58,120 Fayetteville, NC — $58,150 Reno, NV — $58,170 Tyler, TX — $58,170 Homosassa Springs, FL — $58,220 Cleveland, OH — $58,240 Decatur, AL — $58,240 Williamsport, PA — $58,250 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $58,340 Greeley, CO — $58,340 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $58,360 Evansville, IN — $58,410 Farmington, NM — $58,460 Omaha, NE-IA — $58,540 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $58,540 Logan, UT-ID — $58,620 Syracuse, NY — $58,650 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $58,690 Wheeling, WV-OH — $58,780 Midland, TX — $58,800 Dubuque, IA — $58,890 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $58,910 Salem, OR — $58,930 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $58,950 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $59,020 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,030 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,050 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,220 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,280 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,290 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,310 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,330 Elmira, NY — $59,330 Great Falls, MT — $59,340 Springfield, IL — $59,340 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $59,390 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $59,470 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,520 Reading, PA — $59,550 Yakima, WA — $59,560 Columbia, SC — $59,570 Glens Falls, NY — $59,570 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,630 Jacksonville, FL — $59,700 Odessa, TX — $59,770 New Haven, CT — $59,780 Goldsboro, NC — $59,790 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $59,800 Kenosha, WI — $59,800 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $59,830 Lafayette, LA — $59,830 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $59,850 Vallejo, CA — $59,850 Bellingham, WA — $59,910 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $59,920 Missoula, MT — $60,060 Spartanburg, SC — $60,060 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,070 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $60,120 Ames, IA — $60,200 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,210 Monroe, MI — $60,210 Green Bay, WI — $60,270 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,280 Paducah, KY-IL — $60,300 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,320 Appleton, WI — $60,350 Medford, OR — $60,370 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $60,410 Boise City, ID — $60,430 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $60,440 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $60,480 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,500 Eau Claire, WI — $60,580 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $60,590 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,620 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,650 Savannah, GA — $60,680 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,700 Madison, WI — $60,830 Albany, GA — $60,840 Mankato, MN — $61,120 Lynchburg, VA — $61,140 Columbus, IN — $61,230 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,270 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $61,280 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,280 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,420 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,430 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $61,480 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,500 Pittsfield, MA — $61,500 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,640 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,700 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,710 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,820 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,890 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,000 Mobile, AL — $62,020 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,070 Toledo, OH — $62,190 St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,210 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,220 Rome, GA — $62,220 St. Cloud, MN — $62,230 Vineland, NJ — $62,330 Huntsville, AL — $62,490 Lewiston, ID-WA — $62,530 Richmond, VA — $62,650 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $62,750 Ithaca, NY — $62,810 Wilmington, NC — $62,810 Lexington Park, MD — $62,820 Flint, MI — $62,850 Bend, OR — $62,890 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $62,900 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $62,960 Springfield, MA — $63,090 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,100 Longview-Kelso, WA — $63,190 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $63,330 Monroe, LA — $63,350 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $63,540 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $63,970 Boulder, CO — $63,990 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $64,170 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $64,320 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $64,400 Billings, MT — $64,420 Worcester, MA — $64,480 Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,200 Ogden, UT — $65,270 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $66,280 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $66,390 Bozeman, MT — $66,500 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $66,990 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $67,140 Grand Island, NE — $67,430 Baton Rouge, LA — $67,700 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $67,750 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $68,060 Warner Robins, GA — $68,060 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $68,850 Duluth, MN-WI — $69,440 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $71,290 Albany, OR — $71,300 Corpus Christi, TX — $71,590 Flagstaff, AZ — $71,620 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $72,060 Bismarck, ND — $74,090 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $74,560 Anchorage, AK — $75,040 Lake Charles, LA — $75,580 Barnstable Town, MA — $77,650 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $80,620 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $82,690 Urban Honolulu, HI — $84,410 Baton Rouge metro area 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 Baton Rouge metro area has the 19th-highest published median for this occupation among the 361 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 Louisiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for machinists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Baton Rouge metro areathis page
$67,700 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $55,560 to $84,990
$75,580 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $58,530 to $83,060
$66,990 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $54,490 to $82,040
$63,350 median for Monroe metro area; middle half earns $50,740 to $68,480
$61,700 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $48,230 to $70,260
$60,440 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $48,160 to $71,390
$59,830 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $48,720 to $74,630
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $78,170 Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders $93,920 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $95,810 Chemical Plant and System Operators $104,410 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $59,720 Production Workers, All Other $46,400 Highest-paying metro areas for machinistss · Highest-paying occupations in Baton Rouge Metro
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 .