adammil1
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2001
- Location
- New Haven, CT
I found this article Desperately seeking Americans for manufacturing jobs - Feb. 16, 2012 I know it has been discussed to death here, but it still has me wondering. I even saw in the article that the owner's are starting to consider training applicants on the job for a change! How common is it for machinists to get $100K per year with out having to work 80hr weeks? Just wondering how many machinists with less than 4yrs experience are even seeing $60K per year pay with a 40hr week?
Normally with articles like this you tend to have to read between the lines to find out that really they want to pay a skilled guy $15/hr but are willing to let him work 80hr weeks if he would like to get up to $75K/year. All the time they then are complaining how they can't find workers.
Are the wages finally starting to climb? How many machinists really can earn $60K with a 40hr week, and how many years experience does one need?
Heck if ever there was one better cut out to be a machinist it would have been me. Got my first lathe at 13yrs old. Have a full shop that I pay for via my discretionary income purely for fun. I would love to earn a living doing this type of work, yet over the years all of you on this site convinced me to stay far away from the profession, due to being paid so little. It also didn't help that every shop in town was closing when I was choosing a career either. With all said are the laws of supply and demand finally working out in the machinist's favor or is this article just another bunch of low paying shops complaining that those who would love to work for them already left to go earn more in other lines of work?
Normally with articles like this you tend to have to read between the lines to find out that really they want to pay a skilled guy $15/hr but are willing to let him work 80hr weeks if he would like to get up to $75K/year. All the time they then are complaining how they can't find workers.
Are the wages finally starting to climb? How many machinists really can earn $60K with a 40hr week, and how many years experience does one need?
Heck if ever there was one better cut out to be a machinist it would have been me. Got my first lathe at 13yrs old. Have a full shop that I pay for via my discretionary income purely for fun. I would love to earn a living doing this type of work, yet over the years all of you on this site convinced me to stay far away from the profession, due to being paid so little. It also didn't help that every shop in town was closing when I was choosing a career either. With all said are the laws of supply and demand finally working out in the machinist's favor or is this article just another bunch of low paying shops complaining that those who would love to work for them already left to go earn more in other lines of work?