Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,735
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,555
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,184
Illinois costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Illinois — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$48,290
Kept after tax
$38,735
Worth in national money
$39,184
State rank
27
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Illinois is 27 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,290. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 349 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $48,290, take-home of $38,735 is worth roughly $39,184 in national money. The average comes to $49,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 27 of 47 for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders at $48,290. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 349 of 494 in Illinois places crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders, whose median is $48,290, the adjusted figure of $39,184 differs little from $38,735 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $49,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,710 |
| This salary | $48,290 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Illinois | $38,735 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,981 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,988 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $45,495 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,614 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,290 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,630 and the ninetieth is $72,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $38,735, worked from $48,290. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 349 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,184 uses one figure for the whole of Illinois. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 349.
- The Illinois median of $48,290 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,630 to $72,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Illinois take-home of $38,735, on $48,290 for work ranking 349 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 349 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,184, worked from $48,290, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Illinois address, on work sitting at 349 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,630 and the top tenth $72,710 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Illinois is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $39,184 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Illinois adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,735 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,630) and the ninetieth ($72,710) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Illinois's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $39,184 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $38,735 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Illinois income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.