Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Cnc Programmer: $102K median posted pay.
From 16 salary bands employers posted on 43 open cnc programmer roles in skilled trades. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 7 | — (2 of 8 bands) | — |
| Mid | 2 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
| Principal | 1 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | 6 | — |
| Laborup | 5 | — |
| Smiths Group | 3 | — |
| Blueorigin | 3 | — |
| Northrop Grumman | 2 | — |
| Relativity Space | 2 | — |
| Woodward | 1 | — |
| Anduril Industries | 1 | — |
| Jabil | 1 | — |
| Vast | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open cnc programmer roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| CNC Machining | 43 | — |
| Software Engineering | 43 | — |
| GD&T | 23 | — |
| Machine Operation | 19 | — |
| Continuous Improvement | 15 | — |
| Lean Manufacturing | 11 | — |
| Tooling and Setup | 7 | — |
| Blueprint Reading | 7 | — |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 6 | — |
| CAD Drafting | 5 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site88%38 roles
- Not stated12%5 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 43 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 16 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Cnc Programmer (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in skilled trades, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.