Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators Salary — Grand Rapids, Michigan

The average Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Grand Rapids, Michigan earns $49,230 a year.

$49,230 / year, mean
↓ 10.2% below national average 62th percentile in Michigan

Grand Rapids sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for computer numerically controlled tool operators, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,210
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.7%
Cost of living 96 #97 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $359,923 #76 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,296 #51 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Grand Rapids ranks #97 for cost of living and #76 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $103,460 Albany $63,970 San Jose $62,620 San Francisco $61,520 Vallejo $60,450 Portland $60,370 Santa Rosa $60,230 Santa Cruz $59,930 Pittsburgh $59,870 Lafayette $59,310 Santa Maria $58,820 Glens Falls $58,790 Hagerstown $58,640 Weirton $58,420 Lancaster $58,090 Bend $57,860 Allentown $57,470 New York $57,370 Stockton $57,370 Philadelphia $57,160 Scranton $57,120 Bakersfield $57,110 San Diego $56,770 Sacramento $56,760 Los Angeles $56,740 San Luis Obispo $56,690 Oxnard $56,460 Virginia Beach $56,370 Harrisburg $56,300 Spokane $56,260 Kiryas Joel $56,200 Reading $56,130 Staunton $56,010 Trenton $55,700 Binghamton $55,580 Visalia $55,140 York $54,900 Kingston $54,810 Elmira $54,620 Chambersburg $54,490 Albany $54,480 Salem $54,410 Baltimore $54,300 Lansing $54,260 Lynchburg $54,090 Amarillo $54,010 Bowling Green $53,970 Richmond $53,940 Longview $53,830 Austin $53,700 Riverside $53,620 Lexington $53,400 Buffalo $53,320 Chico $53,320 Bloomington $53,160 Decatur $53,110 Altoona $53,070 Medford $52,940 Chicago $52,900 Houston $52,770 Fresno $52,670 Redding $52,490 Corvallis $52,460 Louisville $52,430 Lebanon $52,150 Champaign $52,070 Victoria $52,020 Crestview $52,010 Blacksburg $51,950 Syracuse $51,940 Muskegon $51,900 Rochester $51,850 Odessa $51,820 Peoria $51,600 Port St. Lucie $51,490 Kankakee $51,380 Modesto $51,340 Ann Arbor $51,270 Elizabethtown $51,200 Eugene $50,900 Merced $50,840 Roanoke $50,740 Williamsport $50,640 Detroit $50,630 San Antonio $50,620 College Station $50,540 Dallas $50,510 Utica $50,500 Erie $50,430 Michigan City $50,400 Deltona $50,200 Gettysburg $50,200 Rockford $50,180 Sarasota $50,030 Miami $49,990 Monroe $49,470 Columbus $49,430 Fort Wayne $49,400 Grand Rapids $49,230 Kalamazoo $49,040 South Bend $49,040 Palm Bay $49,010 Indianapolis $48,900 Beaumont $48,780 Harrisonburg $48,730 Flint $48,570 Kokomo $48,550 Traverse City $48,360 Jackson $48,010 San Angelo $47,910 Sherman $47,850 Huntington $47,680 Tyler $47,270 Elkhart $47,200 Gainesville $47,100 Jacksonville $47,070 Muncie $46,990 Abilene $46,760 Wichita Falls $46,740 Waco $46,730 State College $46,680 Evansville $46,580 Naples $46,540 Grants Pass $46,480 Fort Myers $46,200 Terre Haute $46,000 Tampa $45,880 Bloomington $45,860 Orlando $45,770 Niles $45,530 Killeen $45,450 Lubbock $45,150 Lakeland $44,080 McAllen $43,830 Bay City $43,820 Battle Creek $43,060 Ocala $42,960 El Paso $42,320 Brownsville $39,970
CityMean salaryvs. Grand Rapids
Abilene, Texas$46,760-5.0%
Albany, Oregon$63,970+29.9%
Albany, New York$54,480+10.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$57,470+16.7%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$53,070+7.8%
Amarillo, Texas$54,010+9.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$51,270+4.1%
Austin, Texas$53,700+9.1%
Bakersfield, California$57,110+16.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$54,300+10.3%
Battle Creek, Michigan$43,060-12.5%
Bay City, Michigan$43,820-11.0%
Beaumont, Texas$48,780-0.9%
Bend, Oregon$57,860+17.5%
Binghamton, New York$55,580+12.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$51,950+5.5%
Bloomington, Illinois$53,160+8.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$45,860-6.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$53,970+9.6%
Brownsville, Texas$39,970-18.8%
Buffalo, New York$53,320+8.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$46,200-6.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$54,490+10.7%
Champaign, Illinois$52,070+5.8%
Chicago, Illinois$52,900+7.5%
Chico, California$53,320+8.3%
College Station, Texas$50,540+2.7%
Columbus, Indiana$49,430+0.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$52,460+6.6%
Crestview, Florida$52,010+5.6%
Dallas, Texas$50,510+2.6%
Decatur, Illinois$53,110+7.9%
Deltona, Florida$50,200+2.0%
Detroit, Michigan$50,630+2.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$51,200+4.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$47,200-4.1%
Elmira, New York$54,620+10.9%
El Paso, Texas$42,320-14.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$50,430+2.4%
Eugene, Oregon$50,900+3.4%
Evansville, Indiana$46,580-5.4%
Flint, Michigan$48,570-1.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$49,400+0.3%
Fresno, California$52,670+7.0%
Gainesville, Florida$47,100-4.3%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$50,200+2.0%
Glens Falls, New York$58,790+19.4%
Grants Pass, Oregon$46,480-5.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$58,640+19.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$56,300+14.4%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$48,730-1.0%
Houston, Texas$52,770+7.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$47,680-3.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$48,900-0.7%
Jackson, Michigan$48,010-2.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$47,070-4.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$49,040-0.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$51,380+4.4%
Killeen, Texas$45,450-7.7%
Kingston, New York$54,810+11.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$56,200+14.2%
Kokomo, Indiana$48,550-1.4%
Lafayette, Indiana$59,310+20.5%
Lakeland, Florida$44,080-10.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$58,090+18.0%
Lansing, Michigan$54,260+10.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$52,150+5.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,400+8.5%
Longview, Texas$53,830+9.3%
Los Angeles, California$56,740+15.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$52,430+6.5%
Lubbock, Texas$45,150-8.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$54,090+9.9%
McAllen, Texas$43,830-11.0%
Medford, Oregon$52,940+7.5%
Merced, California$50,840+3.3%
Miami, Florida$49,990+1.5%
Michigan City, Indiana$50,400+2.4%
Modesto, California$51,340+4.3%
Monroe, Michigan$49,470+0.5%
Muncie, Indiana$46,990-4.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$51,900+5.4%
Naples, Florida$46,540-5.5%
New York, New York$57,370+16.5%
Niles, Michigan$45,530-7.5%
Sarasota, Florida$50,030+1.6%
Ocala, Florida$42,960-12.7%
Odessa, Texas$51,820+5.3%
Orlando, Florida$45,770-7.0%
Oxnard, California$56,460+14.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$49,010-0.4%
Peoria, Illinois$51,600+4.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$57,160+16.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$59,870+21.6%
Portland, Oregon$60,370+22.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$51,490+4.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$56,130+14.0%
Redding, California$52,490+6.6%
Richmond, Virginia$53,940+9.6%
Riverside, California$53,620+8.9%
Roanoke, Virginia$50,740+3.1%
Rochester, New York$51,850+5.3%
Rockford, Illinois$50,180+1.9%
Sacramento, California$56,760+15.3%
Salem, Oregon$54,410+10.5%
San Angelo, Texas$47,910-2.7%
San Antonio, Texas$50,620+2.8%
San Diego, California$56,770+15.3%
San Francisco, California$61,520+25.0%
San Jose, California$62,620+27.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$56,690+15.2%
Santa Cruz, California$59,930+21.7%
Santa Maria, California$58,820+19.5%
Santa Rosa, California$60,230+22.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$57,120+16.0%
Seattle, Washington$103,460+110.2%
Sherman, Texas$47,850-2.8%
South Bend, Indiana$49,040-0.4%
Spokane, Washington$56,260+14.3%
State College, Pennsylvania$46,680-5.2%
Staunton, Virginia$56,010+13.8%
Stockton, California$57,370+16.5%
Syracuse, New York$51,940+5.5%
Tampa, Florida$45,880-6.8%
Terre Haute, Indiana$46,000-6.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$48,360-1.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$55,700+13.1%
Tyler, Texas$47,270-4.0%
Utica, New York$50,500+2.6%
Vallejo, California$60,450+22.8%
Victoria, Texas$52,020+5.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$56,370+14.5%
Visalia, California$55,140+12.0%
Waco, Texas$46,730-5.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$58,420+18.7%
Wichita Falls, Texas$46,740-5.1%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$50,640+2.9%
York, Pennsylvania$54,900+11.5%
Gross salary
49,230/yr
Estimated take-home
39,239/yr
Est. total withheld
20.3%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-9161 SOC code
Official area Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 24340 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
WyomingKentwood
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,154,320