CNC Swiss Machinist Pay — What Shops Are Actually Posting
If you’re hiring or job-hunting Swiss-type work, here’s what shops are actually posting right now — not a national average, not a guess. Same live-board method as the rest of this pay series: every figure below comes from real JobPosting data on hirecnc.com, pulled September 11, 2026.
The Numbers
Median pay for CNC Swiss machinist postings on our board right now: $32.00/hr, across 25 live listings — the middle half run $29.71 to $37.50/hr.
Worth saying plainly: 25 is still a smaller sample than the other roles in this series (mill, setup, and programmer all clear 25+ postings), so treat this as a real but early read, not the final word — we’ll keep it current as more Swiss postings come through.
That $32.00/hr median sits below general CNC machinist pay ($33.93/hr), and now sits roughly in line with mill and lathe/turning work ($32.50/hr and $32.00/hr) rather than below them. Swiss roles are already documented as harder to fill and slower to close than general machining roles on this board — see hireCNC’s Swiss recruiting page — so a Swiss posting now paying about the same as a mill or lathe posting, despite being tougher to staff, is still worth noting. That’s a real gap, not spin.
Where Swiss Pay Tops Out
Three real postings from the current board, highest first:
Quantum Precision (West Chicago, IL) — CNC Swiss Programmer / Setup Machinist, Citizen/Tsugami — $36.00–$50.00/hr
Cox Manufacturing (TX) — CNC Swiss & Swiss Lead Machinist, Day Shift — $26.00–$50.00/hr
PartMaker programming knowledge and Tsugami/Star/Citizen platform experience are common threads across the highest-paying Swiss postings on this board right now.
How This Compares to the Government Number
No BLS breakout exists for Swiss-type machining specifically — the closest is the blended “machinists” median, $28.25/hr (May 2025, Occupational Outlook Handbook). That’s close to what our board shows for Swiss work, for what it’s worth — unlike some of the other specialties in this series, Swiss pay on our board isn’t running noticeably ahead of the national blended figure right now.
Methodology: every figure on this page comes from hireCNC’s own job board — live JobPosting structured data pulled directly from hirecnc.com, not third-party estimates. Full method and the rest of the pay-by-role and pay-by-state breakdowns are on the CNC machinist pay hub.
Reviewed by: Jon House, Founder, hireCNC Article: CNC Swiss Machinist Pay — What Shops Are Actually Posting Publisher: hireCNC Published: September 10, 2026 Data last refreshed: September 11, 2026 Methodology: Wage figures are the median midpoint of pay ranges posted in live hireCNC job listings, harvested directly from the structured job-posting data on hirecnc.com. This is not a survey or a government estimate — it reflects what employers are actively offering on hireCNC’s board as of the refresh date. URL:https://hirecnc.com/blog/job-market/cnc-swiss-machinist-pay-what-shops-…
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