How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers make in Burlington-South Burlington, VT?

Percentile spread

For Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers, the published 10th percentile is $62,560 and the 90th percentile is $107,370. The difference is $44,810, which is 55.2% 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 $67,270 to the 75th at $86,210, covers $18,940.

The mean annual wage is $79,160, which sits below the median of $81,170. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington-South Burlington, VT median is 19.2% higher than the national median of $68,120 for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $80,407, which is 18% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.1% higher than the Vermont median of $77,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 100.949, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,170 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers at $80,407 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks 2nd of 8 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).).

• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 139 miles away, with a median of $76,650 and employment of 50. That median is 5.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,984, against $80,407 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 139 miles away, with a median of $66,960 and employment of 70. That median is 17.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,375, against $80,407 here.
• Portland-South Portland, ME is 148 miles away, with a median of $72,920 and employment of 30. That median is 10.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,590, against $80,407 here.

Employment share

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington-South Burlington, VT (50 of 120,150). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.27 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.