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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Illinois

$51,740avg. a year
$24.87 an hour · 8,060 employed

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois earn an average of $51,740 a year. That is $3,310 (7%) more than the U.S. average of $48,430. The best-paying metro area is Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN at $53,350.

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$48,990Median pay
$24.87Average hourly
+38%Avg. pay since 2020
#6Of 49 states

Top-paying Illinois metro areas

Average pay for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic by metro area. Swipe to see all 8.

16,320 jobs
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
$53,350
$25.65 an hour
21,270 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$53,210
$25.58 an hour
3220 jobs
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
$51,920
$24.96 an hour
450 jobs
Kankakee, IL
$49,530
$23.81 an hour
590 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$48,460
$23.30 an hour
6420 jobs
Rockford, IL
$47,350
$22.76 an hour
7210 jobs
Peoria, IL
$46,720
$22.46 an hour
850 jobs
Paducah, KY-IL
$42,720
$20.54 an hour

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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Illinois, charted

Pay over time

Illinois, annual wage, May of each year
AverageMedian

Where Illinois cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic work

Employment by metro area, May 2025

Average pay by state

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Illinois vs. neighbors

Average pay, May 2025
AreaAvg. payHourly
United States$48,430$23.28
Illinois$51,740$24.87
Missouri$50,680$24.37
Wisconsin$50,500$24.28
Indiana$49,900$23.99
Kentucky$48,770$23.45
Iowa$47,960$23.06

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Questions and answers

How much do cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic make in Illinois?

The average is $51,740 a year, and the median is $48,990. That is $3,310 (7%) more than the U.S. average of $48,430.

What is the hourly wage in Illinois?

$24.87 an hour on average; the median is $23.55.

Where in Illinois do they earn the most?

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ($53,350), followed by St. Louis, MO-IL ($53,210). The lowest average among 8 metro areas with data is Paducah, KY-IL ($42,720).

How does Illinois rank?

Illinois ranks #6 of 49 states (including D.C.) with published data for this job, by average pay.

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (trend: May 2020–May 2025), occupation code 51-4031. State rank compares average pay across states with published data. Metro figures cover metropolitan statistical areas; a metro area can cross state lines. See also the national cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic page. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. Year-to-year changes can partly reflect survey method changes, so treat the trend as a guide. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.