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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Rockford, IL

The median heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rockford, IL earns $39,240 a year, 20% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,647 a month.

10th percentile
$35,480
25th percentile
$39,210
Median percentile
$39,240
75th percentile
$49,400
90th percentile
$58,850

Based on 120 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

$31,767 take-home a year
Gross pay$39,240
Federal income tax−$2,529
Social Security + Medicare−$3,002
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$1,942
Monthly take-home$2,647
Every two weeks$1,222

Does it go far here?

$42,581Median pay in Rockford, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
39%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 heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois