Outside machinist vs machinist-set-up

The differences between outside machinists and machinist-set ups can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an outside machinist and a machinist-set-up. Additionally, an outside machinist has an average salary of $42,858, which is higher than the $42,559 average annual salary of a machinist-set-up.

The top three skills for an outside machinist include hand tools, calipers and condensers. The most important skills for a machinist-set-up are cnc machines, tolerances, and calipers.

Outside machinist vs machinist-set-up overview

	Outside Machinist	Machinist-Set-Up
Yearly salary	$42,858	$42,559
Hourly rate	$20.60	$20.46
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	24,075	16,993
Job satisfaction	4	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Outside machinist vs machinist-set-up salary

Outside machinists and machinist-set ups have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Outside Machinist	Machinist-Set-Up
Average salary	$42,858	$42,559
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $57,000	Between $31,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	Bremerton, WA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Oceaneering	-
Best paying industry	Energy	-

Differences between outside machinist and machinist-set-up education

There are a few differences between an outside machinist and a machinist-set-up in terms of educational background:

	Outside Machinist	Machinist-Set-Up
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Business	Precision Metal Working
Most common college	-	-

Outside machinist vs machinist-set-up demographics

Here are the differences between outside machinists' and machinist-set ups' demographics:

	Outside Machinist	Machinist-Set-Up
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 95.7% Female, 4.3%	Male, 94.5% Female, 5.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.9% Asian, 6.7% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.7% Asian, 6.5% White, 71.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between outside machinist and machinist-set-up duties and responsibilities

Outside machinist example responsibilities.

Manage other employees to ensure members' needs are met and operations run smoothly.
Operate winches, hoists, indoor cranes, and hydraulic equipment.
Machine types: Haas and Okuma ,
Observe safety procedures and maintain safe work area in accordance with OSHA guidelines.
Manufacture and repair shipyard equipment with hydraulic automatic saws, radial drills and surface grinders.
Install and align condensers, compressors, pumps, force draft blowers, main feed pumps, and various valves.

Machinist-set-up example responsibilities.

Manage output according to company quality standards and corresponding ISO certification.
Set up and run CNC lathe with dual spindles and live tooling, run parts with Tol.
Experience setting up and running Haas mill production.
Program, setup and operation of Haas milling machines
Machine parts to quality specifications using Mazak lathes.
Turn in first articals and run job to print and customer specs.

Outside machinist vs machinist-set-up skills

Common outside machinist skills

Hand Tools, 15%
Calipers, 8%
Condensers, 6%
Shipyard, 5%
Evaporators, 5%
Ladders, 4%

Common machinist-set-up skills

CNC Machines, 15%
Tolerances, 9%
Calipers, 9%
Lathe Machines, 8%
Grinders, 7%
Aluminum, 5%