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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Rockford, IL

The median grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rockford, IL earns $44,580 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,983 a month.

10th percentile
$35,890
25th percentile
$38,200
Median percentile
$44,580
75th percentile
$53,190
90th percentile
$60,490

Based on 310 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$35,793 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,580
Federal income tax−$3,170
Social Security + Medicare−$3,410
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,207
Monthly take-home$2,983
Every two weeks$1,377

Does it go far here?

$48,376Median pay in Rockford, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Rockford, IL

JobMedian pay
Financial Managers$135,650
Sales Managers$133,560
Medical and Health Services Managers$121,920
Mechanical Engineers$99,150
General and Operations Managers$98,390
Industrial Engineers$93,980
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$83,480
Registered Nurses$80,930

All grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois