Tool engineers make $100,572 per year on average, or $48.35 per hour, in the United States. Tool engineers on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $72,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $139,000.
Location impacts how much a tool engineer can expect to make. Tool engineers make the most in California, New York, Massachusetts, Alaska, and Washington.
The darker areas on the map show where tool engineers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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1 | California | $132,077 | $63.50 | 8,893 |
2 | Massachusetts | $111,311 | $53.51 | 1,988 |
3 | District of Columbia | $116,249 | $55.89 | 446 |
4 | Washington | $108,058 | $51.95 | 1,760 |
5 | Oregon | $105,413 | $50.68 | 1,060 |
6 | New York | $115,936 | $55.74 | 2,137 |
7 | New Hampshire | $102,692 | $49.37 | 335 |
8 | Connecticut | $105,790 | $50.86 | 629 |
9 | Utah | $99,410 | $47.79 | 649 |
10 | New Mexico | $102,402 | $49.23 | 300 |
11 | Nevada | $103,772 | $49.89 | 276 |
12 | Maine | $106,674 | $51.29 | 145 |
13 | Maryland | $103,648 | $49.83 | 1,249 |
14 | Alaska | $108,511 | $52.17 | 96 |
15 | Idaho | $101,177 | $48.64 | 240 |
16 | Virginia | $97,769 | $47.00 | 2,111 |
17 | Rhode Island | $97,767 | $47.00 | 217 |
18 | Arizona | $95,362 | $45.85 | 1,184 |
19 | New Jersey | $103,317 | $49.67 | 1,112 |
20 | Vermont | $97,522 | $46.89 | 131 |
21 | Michigan | $93,169 | $44.79 | 1,458 |
22 | Pennsylvania | $96,530 | $46.41 | 1,600 |
23 | Oklahoma | $99,282 | $47.73 | 256 |
24 | West Virginia | $95,448 | $45.89 | 130 |
25 | Colorado | $89,357 | $42.96 | 1,222 |
26 | Texas | $87,719 | $42.17 | 3,378 |
27 | Illinois | $89,796 | $43.17 | 1,775 |
28 | Delaware | $86,032 | $41.36 | 235 |
29 | Wisconsin | $83,545 | $40.17 | 843 |
30 | North Carolina | $81,513 | $39.19 | 1,557 |
31 | Indiana | $81,416 | $39.14 | 941 |
32 | Iowa | $83,614 | $40.20 | 431 |
33 | Missouri | $85,031 | $40.88 | 709 |
34 | Minnesota | $80,630 | $38.76 | 1,201 |
35 | Kansas | $81,667 | $39.26 | 378 |
36 | South Dakota | $82,844 | $39.83 | 89 |
37 | South Carolina | $79,669 | $38.30 | 608 |
38 | Alabama | $77,118 | $37.08 | 676 |
39 | Georgia | $80,478 | $38.69 | 1,382 |
40 | Nebraska | $80,465 | $38.69 | 286 |
41 | Louisiana | $83,185 | $39.99 | 273 |
42 | Tennessee | $78,232 | $37.61 | 559 |
43 | Ohio | $74,824 | $35.97 | 1,512 |
44 | Arkansas | $77,153 | $37.09 | 288 |
45 | Wyoming | $76,747 | $36.90 | 73 |
46 | North Dakota | $75,635 | $36.36 | 114 |
47 | Montana | $75,861 | $36.47 | 141 |
48 | Hawaii | $60,344 | $29.01 | 114 |
49 | Florida | $66,568 | $32.00 | 1,923 |
50 | Kentucky | $69,457 | $33.39 | 404 |
51 | Mississippi | $70,242 | $33.77 | 185 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | San Francisco, CA | $146,574 | $70.47 |
2 | Washington, DC | $116,310 | $55.92 |
3 | New York, NY | $115,996 | $55.77 |
4 | Natick, MA | $111,520 | $53.62 |
5 | Auburn, WA | $109,883 | $52.83 |
6 | Hillsboro, OR | $104,374 | $50.18 |
7 | Salt Lake City, UT | $98,808 | $47.50 |
8 | Philadelphia, PA | $97,513 | $46.88 |
9 | Chandler, AZ | $95,276 | $45.81 |
10 | Sterling Heights, MI | $94,000 | $45.19 |
11 | Colorado Springs, CO | $90,417 | $43.47 |
12 | Chicago, IL | $90,091 | $43.31 |
13 | Austin, TX | $87,423 | $42.03 |
14 | Saint Louis, MO | $85,001 | $40.87 |
15 | Alpharetta, GA | $81,083 | $38.98 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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90th Percentile | $139,000 | $11,583 | $67 |
75th Percentile | $119,000 | $9,917 | $57 |
Average | $100,572 | $8,381 | $48 |
25th Percentile | $84,000 | $7,000 | $40 |
10th Percentile | $72,000 | $6,000 | $35 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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Research And Development Engineer | $100,521 | $8,377 | $48.33 | 187,910 |
Mechanical Design Engineer | $77,566 | $6,464 | $37.29 | 120,258 |
Manufacturing Engineer | $76,282 | $6,357 | $36.67 | 115,384 |
Product Development Engineer | $84,261 | $7,022 | $40.51 | 202,155 |
Product Design Engineer | $84,718 | $7,060 | $40.73 | 170,485 |
Equipment Engineer | $102,787 | $8,566 | $49.42 | 108,449 |
Here are the five companies hiring the most now:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stripe | $190,249 | $91.47 | 51 |
2 | Meta | $184,503 | $88.70 | 373 |
3 | Zoox | $165,311 | $79.48 | 33 |
4 | eBay | $163,227 | $78.47 | 20 |
5 | MongoDB | $158,407 | $76.16 | 36 |
6 | Apple | $157,951 | $75.94 | 1091 |
7 | Etsy | $151,499 | $72.84 | 2 |
8 | Amazon | $150,219 | $72.22 | 1375 |
9 | Walmart | $145,138 | $69.78 | 16 |
10 | Cloudflare | $144,937 | $69.68 | 10 |
11 | Morgan Stanley | $144,098 | $69.28 | 5 |
12 | NVIDIA | $143,880 | $69.17 | 53 |
13 | Microsoft | $142,379 | $68.45 | 145 |
14 | Unity Technologies | $142,192 | $68.36 | 22 |
15 | ngmoco | $140,462 | $67.53 | |
16 | Activision Blizzard | $140,008 | $67.31 | 49 |
17 | Pure Storage | $139,712 | $67.17 | 77 |
18 | Electronic Arts | $138,193 | $66.44 | 7 |
19 | Xperi | $136,389 | $65.57 | 1 |
20 | Salesforce | $135,708 | $65.24 | 250 |
Tool engineer salaries can vary depending on the industry. In fact, our data shows that the transportation, automotive, and professional industries tend to offer much higher salaries for tool engineers. For example, tool engineers make a whopping average salary of $109,718 while working in the transportation industry. Meanwhile, other people in this field are making $109,643 in the automotive industry and $107,181 in the professional industry.
Tool engineers may want to avoid working in the manufacturing industry as it offers the lowest average salary of $104,503.
Rank | Industry | Average Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | Transportation | $109,718 | $52.75 |
2 | Automotive | $109,643 | $52.71 |
3 | Professional | $107,181 | $51.53 |
4 | Technology | $106,442 | $51.17 |
5 | Manufacturing | $104,503 | $50.24 |
Experience Level | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
---|---|---|
Entry Level | $79,700 | $38.34 |
Mid Level | $97,400 | $46.81 |
Senior Level | $155,000 | $74.70 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | $101,000 | $48.35 | +1.9% |
2021 | $98,600 | $47.42 | +1.2% |
2020 | $97,500 | $46.86 | +1.7% |
2019 | $95,800 | $46.06 | +2.0% |
2018 | $93,900 | $45.15 | +0.7% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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Goodwin Recruiting | Tool and Die Engineer | Erie, PA | 05/30/2022 | $80,000 |
National Recruiting Network | Tooling Engineer | Elkton, VA | 05/27/2022 | $70,000 |
Nvidia | Shader Tools Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | 05/23/2022 | $126,000 |
Nvidia | Game Console Developer Tools Engineer | Austin, TX | 05/23/2022 | $126,000 |
Nvidia | Game Console Developer Tools Engineer | Hillsboro, OR | 05/23/2022 | $126,000 |
Nvidia | Game Console Developer Tools Engineer | Durham, NC | 05/23/2022 | $126,000 |
General Dynamics | Devops Tools Engineer-W/Servicenow, Confluence, Jira-Remote-US Citizenship Required | Auburn, MA | 05/14/2022 | $84,000 |
Accenture | Federal-Enterprise Management Tools Engineer | Arlington, VA | 05/13/2022 | $102,100 |
Accenture | Junior Security Tools Engineer | Washington, DC | 05/12/2022 | $65,200 |
General Dynamics | Devops Tools Engineer-W/Servicenow, Confluence, Jira-Remote-US Citizenship Required | Auburn, WA | 05/10/2022 | $84,000 |
California pays Tool Engineers the most in the United States, with an average salary of $132,077 per year, or $63.50 per hour.
You know if you are being paid fairly as a Tool Engineer if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in District of Columbia you should be paid close to $116,249 per year.
Staff Engineer gets paid the most. Staff Engineer made a median salary of $113,160. The best-paid 10 percent make $139,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $91,000.
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