CNC machine operator
What you will do
- Work on a CNC [lathe or milling machine]
- Set up the machine and change tools
- Check part dimensions with measuring tools
- Read drawings and keep the machine in order
You must have
- [Number] years with CNC machines
- Able to read drawings
- Able to use measuring tools
Good to have
- Programming on [control system]
- A vocational qualification
- How to apply
- [your link], by [date]
- Your answer
- Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
Job title CNC machine operator Where [town or address], on site Hours Full time, [shift pattern] Pay [amount] to [amount] € a month before tax Contract [Permanent or fixed term], starting [date] What you will do • Work on a CNC [lathe or milling machine] • Set up the machine and change tools • Check part dimensions with measuring tools • Read drawings and keep the machine in order You must have • [Number] years with CNC machines • Able to read drawings • Able to use measuring tools Good to have • Programming on [control system] • A vocational qualification How to apply [your link], by [date] Your answer Everyone who applies hears back by [date]
How these figures are made
Estonia
- Metal working machine tool setters and operators (ISCO 7223)
- average 2,062 €, median 2,016 €
Full-time equivalent gross monthly pay by workplace, all of Estonia. The median is the pay that half the people in the group earn more than and half less. Source Statistics Estonia's pay app, checked on 1 October 2026. The usual range is the middle half of people in the group, the 25th to the 75th percentile, estimated from Statistics Estonia's pay bands of 500 €.
What the job pays in other countries
It pays most in Denmark, about 3.2 times the Estonian median, though the Danish figure includes pension. If you send workers abroad or hire from there, this is the comparison that matters.
| Country | Median | Usual range | In euros a month | Occupation group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstoniaQ2 2026 | 2,016 € | 1,530–2,521 € | 2,016 € | Metal working machine tool setters and operators (7223) |
| Finland2024 | 3,339 € | not published | 3,339 € | Metal working machine tool setters and operators (7223) |
| Sweden2025 | 35,300 SEK | 31,800–39,600 SEK | ≈ 3,127 € | Machine-tool operators (7223) |
| Norway2025 | 50,340 NOK | 44,470–57,440 NOK | ≈ 4,648 € | Metal working machine tool setters and operators (7223) |
| Denmark2025 | 48,238 DKK | 42,957–54,980 DKK | ≈ 6,454 € | Metal working machine tool setters and operators (7223) |
| Germany2025 | 4,195 € | 3,509–4,952 € | 4,195 € | Occupations in metalworking: cutting – skilled tasks (24232) |
| United Kingdom2025 | 35,718 GBP a year | 30,059–42,873 GBP a year | ≈ 3,500 € | Metal machining setters and setter-operators (5221) |
Median pay for full-time work from each country's official source: Statistics Estonia, Statistics Finland, Statistics Sweden, Statistics Norway, Statistics Denmark, Federal Employment Agency, Office for National Statistics. The sources count slightly differently. Denmark's figure includes pension, Germany's holiday and Christmas pay, and the United Kingdom publishes a year's pay, divided by twelve here for the monthly comparison. Jobs are grouped by ISCO-08. Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have their own classifications, matched to it, and "closest group" marks a group that is near, not the same. Where a country counts fewer than 2,000 people in a job's first group and more in its second, the second is used. The usual range is the middle half of people in the job, the 25th to the 75th percentile. Finland publishes only the 10th and 90th, so it has none. In euros at the European Central Bank rate of 2 October 2026, 1 € = 11.29 SEK, 1 € = 10.83 NOK, 1 € = 7.47 DKK and 1 € = 0.85 GBP. These figures describe the market, not the minimum a collective agreement sets.