Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,752
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$23,168
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,068
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$107,920
Kept after tax
$84,752
Worth in national money
$78,068
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $107,920, putting the state 1 of 48 — about 112.9% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Washington this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 85 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $107,920 the take-home is $84,752. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $78,068 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $96,960, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For computer numerically controlled tool operators, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $107,920, ranking 1 of 48 and running about 112.9% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Washington publishes a median for, computer numerically controlled tool operators sits 85 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $84,752 for computer numerically controlled tool operators, from $107,920. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $78,068. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $96,960 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,670 |
| This salary | $107,920 |
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 Washington | $84,752 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,752 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,148 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $107,920 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,636 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 Washington earn under $107,920 and half over. The published range runs $54,590 at the tenth percentile to $116,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $84,752 take-home in Washington comes from $107,920. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 85 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,068, the adjusted value of that $107,920 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 85 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,590 to $116,670; 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.
- Retained pay of $84,752, from $107,920, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 85 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $78,068 — the adjusted value of that $107,920 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 85 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,960 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,590 and the top tenth $116,670, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $78,068 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $84,752 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $96,960. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,590 to $116,670) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $78,068 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $84,752 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.