Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,709
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$10,851
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,204
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
$53,560
Kept after tax
$42,709
Worth in national money
$43,204
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $53,560, which ranks 8 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 9.33% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 305.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $53,560, tax leaves $42,709, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $43,204 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $56,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois ranks 8 of 49 states publishing a median for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, at $53,560 — about 9.33% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Illinois's occupational distribution, mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 305 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders — median $53,560 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $42,709 retained, $43,204 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $56,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,720 |
| This salary | $53,560 |
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 | $42,709 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,215 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,326 |
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 | $50,441 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,023 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,560 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,460 and the ninetieth is $73,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $42,709, from $53,560, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 305 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,204, the adjusted value of that $53,560 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Illinois. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 305 of 494 locally.
- The Illinois median of $53,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,460 to $73,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $42,709 from $53,560. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 305 of 494 locally.
- This $43,204 adjusted figure, worked from $53,560, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 305 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 305 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $56,920, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,460 at the bottom tenth to $73,720 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Illinois sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $43,204 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Illinois then takes its own share, leaving $42,709.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Illinois is $56,920. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,460 to $73,720) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Illinois rather than a national figure.
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 $43,204 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 $42,709 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.