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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary in Rockford, IL

The median plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Rockford, IL earns $37,840 a year, 14% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,559 a month.

10th percentile
$34,200
25th percentile
$36,320
Median percentile
$37,840
75th percentile
$47,370
90th percentile
$52,040

Based on 180 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

$30,711 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,840
Federal income tax−$2,361
Social Security + Medicare−$2,895
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$1,873
Monthly take-home$2,559
Every two weeks$1,181

Does it go far here?

$41,062Median pay in Rockford, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 92.2 vs 100).
40%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 plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois