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

The median rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $49,850 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,314 a month.

10th percentile
$45,230
25th percentile
$45,430
Median percentile
$49,850
75th percentile
$63,790
90th percentile
$65,120

Based on 1,300 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

$39,767 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,850
Federal income tax−$3,802
Social Security + Medicare−$3,814
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,468
Monthly take-home$3,314
Every two weeks$1,529

Does it go far here?

$48,120Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
43%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 rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois