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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Chicago, IL

The median multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $45,030 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,011 a month.

10th percentile
$36,000
25th percentile
$38,070
Median percentile
$45,030
75th percentile
$47,380
90th percentile
$58,930

Based on 5,460 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

$36,133 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,030
Federal income tax−$3,224
Social Security + Medicare−$3,445
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,229
Monthly take-home$3,011
Every two weeks$1,390

Does it go far here?

$43,467Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Chicago, IL

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$344,960
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$293,490
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$284,630
Nurse Anesthetists$265,880
Psychiatrists$258,750
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
General Internal Medicine Physicians$226,060
Family Medicine Physicians$225,080

All multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois