SOC 51-9162 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $71,310. The 10th percentile is $37,200 and the 90th percentile is $99,870. Employment is 780.
Median annual wage
$71,310
- 10th percentile
- $37,200
- 25th percentile
- $56,900
- Median
- $71,310
- 75th percentile
- $84,860
- 90th percentile
- $99,870
- Mean
- $71,870
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers, the published 10th percentile is $37,200 and the 90th percentile is $99,870. The difference is $62,670, which is 87.9% 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 $56,900 to the 75th at $84,860, covers $27,960.
The mean annual wage is $71,870, which sits above the median of $71,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 4.7% higher than the national median of $68,120 for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,351, which is 7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 3.8% higher than the New York median of $68,730.
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $71,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers at $63,351 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 12th of 20 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).).
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 42 miles away, with a median of $87,880 and employment of 70. That median is 23.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,235, against $63,351 here.
- Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 59 miles away, with a median of $79,480 and employment of 30. That median is 11.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,636, against $63,351 here.
- New Haven, CT is 63 miles away, with a median of $83,200 and employment of 40. That median is 16.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,572, against $63,351 here.
Employment share
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (780 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.45 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.
Highest-paying jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $71,310. The 10th percentile is $37,200 and the 90th percentile is $99,870. Employment is 780.
How does that compare with the national median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers?
The local median is 4.7% higher than the national median of $68,120.
What is Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $71,310 is $63,351. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ compare with nearby metros for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers?
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 42 miles away, at $87,880. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 12th of 20 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.