CIMM - Job Outlook

MCC Campus(es):
MCC-Business & Technology

Program Coordinator:
David Grady, 816.604.5464

Job Preparation:
Student Employment Services
Career Central - job bank

Base salary and job outlook

• Median wages (national): $18.27 hourly; $38,000 annual
• Median wages (Missouri): $18.86 hourly; $39,220 annual
• Projected job growth (national - 2010-2020):remain steady (3% to 9%)
• Projected job openings (national 2010-2020): 99,500 additional employees.
• Currently 600,000 job openings in manufacturing across the U.S.

Job Titles

• Manual Late Operator
• Manual Mill Operator
• CNC Machinist or Operator
• Set-Up Machinist

Where you can work

• Large and small machine shops
• Anywhere precision machining tools are used

Additional career information

• U.S. Department of Labor
• National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS)
• National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA)