Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,003
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$10,507
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,862
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$56,510
Kept after tax
$46,003
Worth in national money
$40,862
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. California pays this job a middle wage of $56,510, ranking 11 of 48 states and sitting about 11.48% above the national middle.
- Against other work in California, this sits in the middle: 328 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $56,510, tax leaves $46,003 — and because California is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,862 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $57,400, since top earners drag the number up.
- California's median for computer numerically controlled tool operators is $56,510, about 11.48% above the national figure and 11 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Computer numerically controlled tool operators ranks 328 of 492 occupations in California by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $46,003 remains from the California median of $56,510 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,862 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $57,400 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,840 |
| This salary | $56,510 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in California | $46,003 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,586 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,107 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $54,540 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,805 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of computer numerically controlled tool operators in California earn under $56,510 and half over. The published range runs $39,670 at the tenth percentile to $76,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind California's $46,003, worked from $56,510. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 328 of 492.
- Two cautions on $40,862, the adjusted value of that $56,510 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of California. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 328 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer numerically controlled tool operators in California, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,670 to $76,840; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The California take-home of $46,003, on $56,510 for work ranking 328 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 328 of 492 in the state.
- This $40,862 adjusted figure, worked from $56,510, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 328 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 328 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,670 at the tenth percentile, $76,840 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $40,862 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and California's own levy, $46,003 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,670 to $76,840) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to California rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $40,862 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $46,003 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.