SOC 51-9162 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?
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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $75,500. The 10th percentile is $51,980 and the 90th percentile is $98,070. Employment is 370.
Median annual wage
$75,500
- 10th percentile
- $51,980
- 25th percentile
- $58,650
- Median
- $75,500
- 75th percentile
- $85,790
- 90th percentile
- $98,070
- Mean
- $73,700
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers, the published 10th percentile is $51,980 and the 90th percentile is $98,070. The difference is $46,090, which is 61.0% 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 $58,650 to the 75th at $85,790, covers $27,140.
The mean annual wage is $73,700, which sits below the median of $75,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 10.8% higher than the national median of $68,120 for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,077, 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 1.4% higher than the Arizona median of $74,450.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers at $73,077 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 1st of 2 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).).
- Tucson, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $65,520 and employment of 60. That median is 13.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,619, against $73,077 here.
Employment share
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (370 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.85 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.
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Questions this page answers
How much do Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $75,500. The 10th percentile is $51,980 and the 90th percentile is $98,070. Employment is 370.
How does that compare with the national median for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers?
The local median is 10.8% higher than the national median of $68,120.
What is Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,500 is $73,077. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ compare with nearby metros for Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers?
Tucson, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $65,520. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.