TOP 5 WAYS to EARN $100,000 as a CNC MACHINIST | DN Solutions

Top 5 Ways to make $100,000 salary as a CNC Machinist in a CNC job shop.

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[sibagley]

When the machinists increase productivity and profits it only means more bonuses for the management in most cases

[moonryder]

The most important thing is that you must be working at a shop that will value your skills and have that room for growth! If you are working in a shop with shitty owners or bad management, learn all you can and seek out a better shop when your ready.

[gooblio]

As a CNC Supervisor a big part of my job was increasing efficiency and quality. That covers a broad scope of things from tooling, programming, fixturing, operator training, looking at better machines for different jobs etc etc etc. The rest of my day was quoting jobs, meetings, programming, purchasing tooling, materials etc etc etc. And last but not least supervising everyone.
My number one rule as a supervisor or manager you're only as good as the people that work with you. 💕

[John_Morrison]

Best way to make 100k as a machinist is to have a second job that pays 60k, Worked for a big shop as the lead programmer/QC manager, and sales. Brought them a 2 mil a year customer that they had been trying to get, but couldn't. I had some inside connections and made it happen. After a year of busting my ass, doing some really sexy programming, some of which got published in some trade pubs, I talked with the owner, with the 2 mil of completed PO's in my hand. He gave me some BS about they didn't know if they made money on the work or not. Took me to a cheap ass dinner as my "bonus". Quit the next day and went to sell cars.

[davidcasagrande]

Here are the REAL 5 ways to make $100, 000 as a CNC machinist
1 Work the 92 hours a week they KEEP asking you to do and act like you like it
2 Blow the owner whenever possible
3 Get a good part time job to go along with your 92 hour work week . P.S. keep pictures of your kids growing up, thats all you will see of them
4 Steal as much as you can from the shop and sell it on the internet
5 When you get lung cancer from all the poison you breath in, get a good lawyer, you should get a million out of that

[atomgonuclear]

I taught myself conversational and then mastercam. 8 years in and I'll be making close to 90k this year. Mostly medical manufacturing. That's where the money is

[toddpick]

No CNC machinist is making $100k/year unless they own the shop. I mean realistically 90%+ of CNC machinists are just operators and you have a CNC supervisor thats making that $100k while the operator makes like $20-$25/hour. I worked as an operator for years in many different shops, i could do programing, operating, drafting, lathe, verticle mill and TIG welding and i didnt make $100k/year. Its a very underpaid profession.

[CrashingCarbide]

The savings a good machinist/programmer provide do not go to that person. They go to the owner/CEO/project manager.

[truthsoldier]

This trade will pay the bills and put food on the table for most, but keep in mind if you ever think of starting your own shop my advise is you will need atleast a 5 axis turn mill to make the parts that pay the big bucks and will have to be ISO certed to bid on the contracts for these jobs, also Cad/Cam licenses, tooling, cutting fluids, osha permits, plus rent and utilitie. That right there is ALOT of money to just start, money that the average 20/hr machinist is not able to accumulate, this is the reality and the truth my brother. There are other trades like plumbing, electrical or hvac that pay alot more, cannot be outsourced and doesn’t take a fortune to start your own business. Im just saying, been doing this for over 20 years so I know what im talking about.

[adriankowalski]

-No.1 >> Start your own machine shop.

[BojaneBugami]

I have 6 cnc machines and after overhead and income, I make about 75k. I had to pay for all my machines at the tune of almost 3M. I don't get free or discounted machines or free or discounted tooling or free or discounted inserts. I'm not living the fantasy. I need no advice. The end.

[Mrgnothing]

Top tip on how to make 100k: dont be a machinist. I swear they are some of the most underpaid workers in engineering

[kimber]

As a small job shop owner, best advise is to run. If its money then you will be better of as a welder, electrician, hvac, or even a plummer. To get all the experience necessary for 100K, which you wont get, you have spent decades. As for the people suggesting to open your own joint, investing 100's of thousands not to mention a crap load of taxes, epa, waste, tooling and everyday expenses to charge $80/hour is crazy. That is the going rate for non Aerospace and medical fields. If you do decide to get into those fields, then set aside another 1/4 million, start your divorce papers, brush up on your ass kissing, because that's what it takes to get into those fields. Not what you know but who!!!

[tylerdesautels]

“You can learn Cnc programming in a few hours”
Yeah the definition of it

[archiecoolsdown]

as a good manual lathe guy I made about 75 - 85k. that is good enough and I enjoyed going to work everyday. but then again this CNC guru thing is attractive.

[jeffb]

You forgot to mention the 70+ hr work week for that 100k

[matthewlee]

Titan seems on the surface (I only say that because I don't have first hand knowledge) to be incredibly generous to his employees. We need more of this in the world. If ever my small shop grows, I aspire to be able to pay people VERY well. All too often company owners and management see all the money. I def understand that leadership is worthy of a good salary and the owner took all the risk so they can do whatever they want. But I wanna be the guy who makes everyone a ton of cash. Seems like Titan has this philosophy as well. No reason everyone at the company can't be rolling.

[iloveap]

You cant get rich working for someone else....

[markcollins]

#1 Programmers set the pace in the shop. Best machines and tooling don't.
#2 Somebody that can show up put everything together and make it a learning experience for the apprentices while motivating them to the next level.

These will get you money and a spot in your company no matter what your producing.

[keilmillerjr]

I like your point of multiple ways to do the same thing. I repair CNC machines. Learning about all aspects including operation and setup helps me. I still have much to learn. Love your videos.