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Milling Planer Operator Salary
in San Diego, California

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$54,409 (USD)

Average Salary

$26/hr

Average Hourly

$881

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Milling Planer Operator is $54,409 a year and $26 an hour in San Diego, California, United States. The average salary range for a Milling Planer Operator is between $39,882 and $64,801. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in San Diego, 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:
$61,115
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About San Diego, California

San Diego Cost of Living Score:

Description: San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh, Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.3 million residents, the city is the eighth-most populous in the United States and the second-most populous in the state of California after Los Angeles. The city is the seat of San Diego County, which has a population of nearly 3.3 million people as of 2021. San Diego is known for its mild year-round Mediterranean climate, extensive beaches and parks, its long association with the United States Navy, and its recent...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates planer-type milling machine that moves workpiece back and forth against rigidly held rotating cutters to mill workpieces, such as castings and machine parts, according to knowledge of planer-mill operating procedures: studies blueprints or layout on workpiece to determine machine set-up, and sequence of machining operations.
  • Lifts workpiece, using hoist, to position on machine bed.
  • Secures workpiece in holding fixture, using wrenches, and verifies position, using gauges, calipers, or square.
  • Selects cutting tool and mounts it in spindle, using handtools.
  • Adjusts controls to set feed rate, speed of cutting tool, and depth of cut.
  • Turns controls to position cutting tool relative to workpiece, starts machine, and engages automatic feed.
  • Observes operation, stops machine to change cutting tool, and adjust controls.
  • Verifies conformance of workpiece to finished specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
  • Removes workpiece from machine bed.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Milling Planer Operator is $54,409 a year and $26 an hour in San Diego, California, United States. The average salary range for a Milling Planer Operator is between $39,882 and $64,801. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in San Diego, 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

Milling Planer Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Job family population: 15,480

Estimated population of Milling Planer Operator jobs: 1,307

Rate of error: 3.3%

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San Diego Cost of Living Score:

Description: San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh, Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.3 million residents, the city is the eighth-most populous in the United States and the second-most populous in the state of California after Los Angeles. The city is the seat of San Diego County, which has a population of nearly 3.3 million people as of 2021. San Diego is known for its mild year-round Mediterranean climate, extensive beaches and parks, its long association with the United States Navy, and its recent...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates planer-type milling machine that moves workpiece back and forth against rigidly held rotating cutters to mill workpieces, such as castings and machine parts, according to knowledge of planer-mill operating procedures: studies blueprints or layout on workpiece to determine machine set-up, and sequence of machining operations.
  • Lifts workpiece, using hoist, to position on machine bed.
  • Secures workpiece in holding fixture, using wrenches, and verifies position, using gauges, calipers, or square.
  • Selects cutting tool and mounts it in spindle, using handtools.
  • Adjusts controls to set feed rate, speed of cutting tool, and depth of cut.
  • Turns controls to position cutting tool relative to workpiece, starts machine, and engages automatic feed.
  • Observes operation, stops machine to change cutting tool, and adjust controls.
  • Verifies conformance of workpiece to finished specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
  • Removes workpiece from machine bed.
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