Machinist School - Pay

The Big Money in machining is in over-time. That's what helps your pay check. To earn lots of dollars takes lots of hours. There-in lies the question, "Do you want to machine for lots of hours?"

At $7.50 an hour, you're talking about $15,000 a year for your first 40 hours.
After 40 hours, there is over-time at $11.25 an hour. Therefore, the second 40 hours pays $22,500 a year.

So if you work 80 hours a week at a base pay of $7.50, you'll make $37,500 a year. That's a lot of dollars!