How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators, the published 10th percentile is $39,750 and the 90th percentile is $63,350. The difference is $23,600, which is 46.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,540 to the 75th at $60,270, covers $13,730.

The mean annual wage is $52,430, which sits above the median of $50,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 0.1% lower than the national median of $50,690 for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,408, which is 7.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3% higher than the Kentucky median of $49,180.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators at $54,408 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 7th of 24 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Elizabethtown, KY is 41 miles away, with a median of $45,900 and employment of 120. That median is 9.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,678, against $54,408 here.
• Columbus, IN is 69 miles away, with a median of $48,590 and employment of 610. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,246, against $54,408 here.
• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $52,150 and employment of 100. That median is 3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,142, against $54,408 here.

Employment share

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (620 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (169,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.83 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.