BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Champaign-Urbana, IL was 92.7, or 7.3% below the national price level. Its housing index was 71.6.
National-price-dollar proxy
$51,303
WageScope divides the published Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Champaign-Urbana, IL: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 51-4031 and BLS area 16580.
Questions, answered
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Champaign-Urbana, IL: common questions
What is the median wage for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Champaign-Urbana, IL?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $47,560 per year for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Champaign-Urbana, IL. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay higher in Champaign-Urbana, IL than nationally?
Champaign-Urbana, IL's published median was 2.7% above the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Champaign-Urbana, IL?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 92.7 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
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$48,430/year
171,200
1.2%
Champaign-Urbana, IL was 2.7% above the U.S. median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It ranked 90 of 283 metro areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
What the Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median says in Champaign-Urbana, IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median in Champaign-Urbana, IL at $47,560 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-4031 and BLS area 16580.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $48,460 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Champaign-Urbana, IL's Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is 2.7% above the U.S. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,330 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
Exact source record
Read source key 51-4031 with area 16580
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4031 and area 16580. SOC 51-4031 names Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Area 16580 names Champaign-Urbana, IL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4031/16580 row reports 90 wage and salary jobs, 0.81 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.74 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-4031/16580, the annual median is $47,560 per year, while the matching mean is $48,460 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
51-4031/16580 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
Place source check
BLS area 16580 facts behind this Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic page
Area 16580 reports 105,500 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $68,290. Its annual median is $50,700. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-4031 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Champaign-Urbana, IL runs from $31,290 at the 10th percentile to $112,850 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,860. The median is $50,700. The 75th percentile is $79,130. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 16580. They do not show related skills or a path into Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
1. Area 16580, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 3,520 jobs, $90,230 annual median, 33.38 jobs per 1,000, and 1.54 location quotient.
2. Area 16580, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 2,890 jobs, $31,300 annual median, 27.37 jobs per 1,000, and 1.1 location quotient.
3. Area 16580, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 2,500 jobs, $32,130 annual median, 23.71 jobs per 1,000, and 1.19 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Champaign-Urbana, IL wage ladder for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The 10th percentile is $37,380 per year. The 25th percentile is $40,590 per year. The median is $47,560 per year. The 75th percentile is $50,030 per year. The 90th percentile is $71,560 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $40,590 per year to $50,030 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $34,180. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Same-source checks
Compare Champaign-Urbana, IL with its state and the U.S.
Champaign-Urbana, IL has a annual median of $47,560 per year. Illinois has $48,990 per year. The U.S. row has $46,330 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Champaign-Urbana, IL is 2.9% below Illinois on the same published median. Champaign-Urbana, IL is 2.7% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Like-for-like rank
Where Champaign-Urbana, IL sits for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Champaign-Urbana, IL ranks 90 of 283 among metro areas with a published annual median for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 90 of 283 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
87. Evansville, IN has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,790 per year, 190 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.29.
88. Carson City, NV has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,690 per year, 40 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.22.
89. Janesville-Beloit, WI has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,630 per year, 160 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.04.
Pay leaders
Where Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Flint, MI has the highest published median in this set, at $78,600 per year. Champaign-Urbana, IL sits at $47,560 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Flint, MI has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $78,600 per year, or $31,040 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 380 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 2.55.
2. Rome, GA has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $63,740 per year, or $16,180 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 200 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 4.07.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has the largest published metro job estimate for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in this same-source set, at 11,650 jobs. Champaign-Urbana, IL has 90. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has 11,650 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 11,560 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $50,460 per year, or $2,900 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 5.56.
2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 6,320 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 6,230 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $50,770 per year, or $3,210 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 1.27.
Local-share leaders
Where Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic takes the largest share of local jobs
Gadsden, AL has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 6.7. Champaign-Urbana, IL has 0.74. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Gadsden, AL has a location quotient of 6.7, a gap of 5.96 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 240 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $38,420 per year, or $9,140 below Champaign-Urbana, IL.
2. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI has a location quotient of 6.48, a gap of 5.74 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 4,270 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $42,050 per year, or $5,510 below Champaign-Urbana, IL.
Job scale and share
How common Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in Champaign-Urbana, IL
BLS lists 90 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL. It also lists 0.81 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.74. A value of 1 means Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Local job mix
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic beside other roles in Champaign-Urbana, IL
The all-occupations median in Champaign-Urbana, IL is $50,700 per year. The Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $47,560 per year. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is 6.2% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Champaign-Urbana, IL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $47,910 per year. BLS lists 820 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
2. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $48,260 per year. BLS lists 1,220 jobs and a location quotient of 1.05.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Champaign-Urbana, IL
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Champaign-Urbana, IL table, at 3,520 jobs. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 90 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 105,500. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Registered Nurses has 3,520 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 3,430 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $90,230 per year, or $42,670 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.54.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,890 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,800 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $31,300 per year, or $16,260 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.1.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Champaign-Urbana, IL
Financial Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Champaign-Urbana, IL role table, at $127,680 per year. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has $47,560 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $50,700 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Financial Managers has a median of $127,680 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $80,120 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 660 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.16.
2. Software Developers has a median of $106,080 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $58,520 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 670 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.58.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Champaign-Urbana, IL
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has the highest location quotient in the bounded Champaign-Urbana, IL role table, at 22.3. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 0.74. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has a location quotient of 22.3 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 21.56 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 2,480 jobs and a median of $50,110 per year, or $2,550 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
2. Bartenders has a location quotient of 2.09 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 1.35 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,070 jobs and a median of $31,200 per year, or $16,360 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Price-level view
What $47,560 may mean after the Champaign-Urbana, IL price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Champaign-Urbana, IL is 92.7. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 7.3% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $47,560 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by 92.7 divided by 100. The result is $51,303 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 71.6. Goods are 93.6. Utilities are 90.5. Other services are 99.6. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
Data care
How much care to use with the Champaign-Urbana, IL row
The employment RSE for this Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row is 17.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 3.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 90 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $48,460 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Job and résumé path
Use Champaign-Urbana, IL wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It uses a Champaign-Urbana, IL place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $47,560 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
Limits
What the Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row for Champaign-Urbana, IL does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 90 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.74 is not a growth score. Rank 90 of 283 is not a place score. The 92.7 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-4031 in BLS area 16580. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
How many Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs does BLS estimate in Champaign-Urbana, IL?
BLS published an employment estimate of 90 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
MeritLog could not safely connect Champaign-Urbana, IL to its job-place list. Jobs from other places are not shown here.
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We did not fill this page with jobs from other places. Search all Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, then check each listing's location before you tailor your resume.
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4. Area 16580, SOC 25-9044, Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary: 2,480 jobs, $50,110 annual median, 23.54 jobs per 1,000, and 22.3 location quotient.
5. Area 16580, SOC 37-2011, Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: 2,310 jobs, $39,000 annual median, 21.94 jobs per 1,000, and 1.54 location quotient.
6. Area 16580, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 2,260 jobs, $96,610 annual median, 21.45 jobs per 1,000, and 0.95 location quotient.
91. Gainesville, GA has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,470 per year, 190 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.7.
92. Duluth, MN-WI has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,410 per year, 110 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.81.
93. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,410 per year, 240 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.69.
3. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $62,250 per year, or $14,690 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 560 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 5.38.
4. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $60,230 per year, or $12,670 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 3,100 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 4.1.
5. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $60,080 per year, or $12,520 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 730 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 1.76.
6. Bellingham, WA has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $59,380 per year, or $11,820 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 30 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 0.32.
7. Lewiston-Auburn, ME has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $59,300 per year, or $11,740 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 1.07.
8. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $58,580 per year, or $11,020 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 410 jobs there, compared with 90 in Champaign-Urbana, IL. The location quotient is 0.33.
3. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has 4,490 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 4,400 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $48,710 per year, or $1,150 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 2.09.
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 4,440 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 4,350 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $43,950 per year, or $3,610 below Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 1.
5. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI has 4,270 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 4,180 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $42,050 per year, or $5,510 below Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 6.48.
6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 3,810 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 3,720 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $43,420 per year, or $4,140 below Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 1.05.
7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 3,490 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 3,400 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $48,640 per year, or $1,080 above Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 0.51.
8. Cleveland, OH has 3,220 estimated Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 3,130 jobs from Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its median is $46,300 per year, or $1,260 below Champaign-Urbana, IL. Its location quotient is 2.84.
3. Monroe, MI has a location quotient of 5.8, a gap of 5.06 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 260 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $38,410 per year, or $9,150 below Champaign-Urbana, IL.
4. Elkhart-Goshen, IN has a location quotient of 5.59, a gap of 4.85 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 790 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $45,620 per year, or $1,940 below Champaign-Urbana, IL.
5. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has a location quotient of 5.56, a gap of 4.82 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 11,650 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $50,460 per year, or $2,900 above Champaign-Urbana, IL.
6. Morristown, TN has a location quotient of 5.51, a gap of 4.77 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 290 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $39,860 per year, or $7,700 below Champaign-Urbana, IL.
7. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI has a location quotient of 5.38, a gap of 4.64 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 560 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $62,250 per year, or $14,690 above Champaign-Urbana, IL.
8. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI has a location quotient of 5.19, a gap of 4.45 from Champaign-Urbana, IL. BLS lists 360 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $47,330 per year, or $230 below Champaign-Urbana, IL.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $46,420 per year. BLS lists 680 jobs and a location quotient of 0.89.
4. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $48,800 per year. BLS lists 2,180 jobs and a location quotient of 1.3.
5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $48,830 per year. BLS lists 710 jobs and a location quotient of 0.76.
6. Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary, SOC 25-9044, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $50,110 per year. BLS lists 2,480 jobs and a location quotient of 22.3.
7. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $42,730 per year. BLS lists 1,260 jobs and a location quotient of 1.32.
8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Champaign-Urbana, IL median of $41,970 per year. BLS lists 1,960 jobs and a location quotient of 0.98.
3. Cashiers has 2,500 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,410 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $32,130 per year, or $15,430 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.19.
4. Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has 2,480 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,390 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $50,110 per year, or $2,550 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 22.3.
5. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 2,310 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,220 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $39,000 per year, or $8,560 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.54.
6. General and Operations Managers has 2,260 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,170 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $96,610 per year, or $49,050 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.95.
7. Office Clerks, General has 2,180 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,090 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $48,800 per year, or $1,240 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.3.
8. Retail Salespersons has 2,180 jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 2,090 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $33,870 per year, or $13,690 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.83.
3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $96,610 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $49,050 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 2,260 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.95.
4. Registered Nurses has a median of $90,230 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $42,670 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 3,520 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.54.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $69,670 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $22,110 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 730 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.74.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $59,650 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $12,090 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 990 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.06.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $56,270 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $8,710 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 840 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.6.
8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a median of $55,260 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL, or $7,700 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,290 jobs, compared with 90 for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.24.
3. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.58 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 0.84 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,560 jobs and a median of $39,890 per year, or $7,670 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
4. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.54 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 0.80 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 2,310 jobs and a median of $39,000 per year, or $8,560 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
5. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.54 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 0.80 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 3,520 jobs and a median of $90,230 per year, or $42,670 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.32 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 0.58 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,260 jobs and a median of $42,730 per year, or $4,830 below Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.3 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 0.56 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 2,180 jobs and a median of $48,800 per year, or $1,240 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a location quotient of 1.24 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, a gap of 0.50 from Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 1,290 jobs and a median of $55,260 per year, or $7,700 above Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Champaign-Urbana, IL (51-4031/16580) | BLS 2025
