Mechanical Engineering

Lathe operator

Gross salary in United States is

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80% of people earn:

35K - 87K USD

10% earn less lthan 35K USD

10% earns more than 87K USD

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Lathe operator position in the United States earn between 35,220 USD and 86,628 USD annually gross.

10% of employees earn less than 35,220 USD and 10% of people earn more than 86,628 USD.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

Description of job position

Reading drawings.
Setting up lathes.
Processing of semifinished lathe products with an emphasis on maintaining of the desired shape, dimensions and tolerances.
Simple surface finish treatment of semifinished products.
Carrying out simple repairs and maintenance of machinery and equipment.

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Position Lathe operator - Mechanical Engineering in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

673. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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812. place

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674. place

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673. place

Lathe operator

Mechanical Engineering

35,220 - 86,628 USD

672. place

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