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Machinist Wood Salary
in Chico, California

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$40,965 (USD)

Average Salary

$20/hr

Average Hourly

$541

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Machinist Wood is $40,965 a year and $20 an hour in Chico, California, United States. The average salary range for a Machinist Wood is between $30,723 and $48,092. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Chico, California.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$46,014
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Chico, California

Chico Cost of Living Score:

Description: Chico ( CHEE-koh; Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, an increase from 86,187 in the 2010 census. Chico is the cultural and economic center of the northern Sacramento Valley, as well as the most populous city in California north of the capital city of Sacramento. The city is known as a college town, as the home of California State University, Chico, and for Bidwell Park, one of the largest urban parks in the world.
Description:
  • Sets up and operates variety of woodworking machines to surface, cut, and shape lumber, and to fabricate parts for wood products, such as doors, door and window frames, furniture, and sashes, according to specifications: selects, installs, and adjusts saw blades, cutterheads, boring bits, and sanding belts in respective machines, using handtools and rule.
  • Starts machine and makes trial cut.
  • Operates machines to saw cut-off-saw operator i; ripsaw operator; variety-saw operator; to smooth and shape lumber and wood parts planer operator; shaper operator; to cut tenons and mortises in woodstock tenoner operator; mortising-machine operator; to bore holes boring-machine operator; to cut slots, grooves, and designs in woodstock router operator; and to sand lumber, woodstock, and parts molding sander; cylinder-sander operator; sander, machine.
  • Periodically verifies dimensions of parts for adherence to specifications, using gauges and templates.
  • May assemble fabricated parts to make millwork products, such as doors, sashes, and door and window frames.
  • May sharpen machine cutting heads, using handtools and grinder.
  • May be designated according to products as door maker; frame maker; sash maker.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Machinist Wood is $40,965 a year and $20 an hour in Chico, California, United States. The average salary range for a Machinist Wood is between $30,723 and $48,092. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Chico, California.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Machinist Wood Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Job family population: 88,460

Estimated population of Machinist Wood jobs: 17,047

Rate of error: 1.6%

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Chico Cost of Living Score:

Description: Chico ( CHEE-koh; Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, an increase from 86,187 in the 2010 census. Chico is the cultural and economic center of the northern Sacramento Valley, as well as the most populous city in California north of the capital city of Sacramento. The city is known as a college town, as the home of California State University, Chico, and for Bidwell Park, one of the largest urban parks in the world.
Description:
  • Sets up and operates variety of woodworking machines to surface, cut, and shape lumber, and to fabricate parts for wood products, such as doors, door and window frames, furniture, and sashes, according to specifications: selects, installs, and adjusts saw blades, cutterheads, boring bits, and sanding belts in respective machines, using handtools and rule.
  • Starts machine and makes trial cut.
  • Operates machines to saw cut-off-saw operator i; ripsaw operator; variety-saw operator; to smooth and shape lumber and wood parts planer operator; shaper operator; to cut tenons and mortises in woodstock tenoner operator; mortising-machine operator; to bore holes boring-machine operator; to cut slots, grooves, and designs in woodstock router operator; and to sand lumber, woodstock, and parts molding sander; cylinder-sander operator; sander, machine.
  • Periodically verifies dimensions of parts for adherence to specifications, using gauges and templates.
  • May assemble fabricated parts to make millwork products, such as doors, sashes, and door and window frames.
  • May sharpen machine cutting heads, using handtools and grinder.
  • May be designated according to products as door maker; frame maker; sash maker.
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