DID YOU KNOW . . .

• Entry level toolmakers can average $27,000 a year during a four-year training program.
  
  
• Experienced precision metalworkers' earnings range from $40,000 to $60,000 annually.
  
  
• The U.S. Government projects 2 job openings for every new certified precision metalworker through 2005.
  
  
• Precision machining provides a practical basis for an engineering or business degree.
  
  
• The gloomy rooms and greasy machines of the past are replaced with computers and high technology.
  
  
• Many toolmakers eventually own their own shops.
  

NOTE...

The average incomes in all categories...

• Vary approx. +/- 35% based on location and skill level
  
  
• Include base pay plus overtime
  

SOURCES...

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Census Bureau
• National Science Foundation/SRS
• NTMA, TMA, AMBA, PMA