Illinois was 7.0% below the U.S. median for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It ranked 31 of 37 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Illinois was 100, or 0% below the national price level. Its housing index was 93.9.
National-price-dollar proxy
$45,359
WageScope divides the published Heat Treating Equipment 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.
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois: 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 51-4191 and BLS area 17.
Questions, answered
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Illinois: common questions
What is the median wage for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $45,340 per year for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay higher in Illinois than nationally?
Illinois's published median was 7.0% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Illinois?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 100.0 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs does BLS estimate in Illinois?
From market data to your evidence
Tailor for a real Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic job, not a generic wage number.
Pick an eligible listing, then MeritLog can help you prepare from experience you have confirmed. WageScope never turns a BLS estimate into a qualification or résumé claim.
What the Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median says in Illinois
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median in Illinois at $45,340 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 51-4191 and BLS area 17.
BLS lists 850 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 $48,160 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Illinois's Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is 7.0% below the U.S. Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,750 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 51-4191 with area 17
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4191 and area 17. SOC 51-4191 names Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Area 17 names Illinois. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4191/17 row reports 850 wage and salary jobs, 0.14 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.55 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-4191/17, the annual median is $45,340 per year, while the matching mean is $48,160 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
51-4191/17 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
Place source check
BLS area 17 facts behind this Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic page
Area 17 reports 6,098,130 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $71,130. Its annual median is $51,960. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.2%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-4191 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Illinois runs from $32,900 at the 10th percentile to $127,770 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,960. The median is $51,960. The 75th percentile is $83,060. This is a place check, not a pay range for Heat Treating Equipment 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 17. They do not show related skills or a path into Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
1. Area 17, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 195,390 jobs, $40,550 annual median, 32.04 jobs per 1,000, and 1.69 location quotient.
2. Area 17, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 171,300 jobs, $103,570 annual median, 28.09 jobs per 1,000, and 1.25 location quotient.
3. Area 17, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 139,630 jobs, $34,490 annual median, 22.9 jobs per 1,000, and 1.15 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Illinois wage ladder for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The 10th percentile is $34,760 per year. The 25th percentile is $38,450 per year. The median is $45,340 per year. The 75th percentile is $57,780 per year. The 90th percentile is $63,180 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 $38,450 per year to $57,780 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $28,420. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Same-source checks
Compare Illinois with its state and the U.S.
Illinois has a annual median of $45,340 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $48,750 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Illinois. Illinois is 7.0% below 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 Illinois sits for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Illinois ranks 31 of 37 among states and territories with a published annual median for Heat Treating Equipment 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 31 of 37 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.
28. North Carolina has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,660 per year, 320 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.72.
29. Mississippi has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,630 per year, 80 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.72.
30. Maine has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $45,590 per year, 40 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.66.
Pay leaders
Where Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4191, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Washington has the highest published median in this set, at $61,990 per year. Illinois sits at $45,340 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Heat Treating Equipment 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. Washington has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $61,990 per year, or $16,650 above Illinois. BLS lists 140 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.45.
2. Oregon has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $60,280 per year, or $14,940 above Illinois. BLS lists 240 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 1.34.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs
Pennsylvania has the largest published state job estimate for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in this same-source set, at 1,520 jobs. Illinois has 850. 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. Pennsylvania has 1,520 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 670 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $48,800 per year, or $3,460 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 2.78.
2. Texas has 1,450 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 600 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $41,690 per year, or $3,650 below Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.14.
Local-share leaders
Where Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic takes the largest share of local jobs
Indiana has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 3.45. Illinois has 1.55. 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 Heat Treating Equipment 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. Indiana has a location quotient of 3.45, a gap of 1.90 from Illinois. BLS lists 990 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $46,860 per year, or $1,520 above Illinois.
2. Michigan has a location quotient of 3, a gap of 1.45 from Illinois. BLS lists 1,190 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $50,560 per year, or $5,220 above Illinois.
3. Pennsylvania has a location quotient of 2.78, a gap of 1.23 from Illinois. BLS lists 1,520 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $48,800 per year, or $3,460 above Illinois.
Job scale and share
How common Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in Illinois
BLS lists 850 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs in Illinois. It also lists 0.14 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 1.55. A value of 1 means Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher 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
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic beside other roles in Illinois
The all-occupations median in Illinois is $51,960 per year. The Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,340 per year. Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is 12.7% 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 Illinois. 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 Heat Treating Equipment 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. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Illinois median of $45,730 per year. BLS lists 95,980 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
2. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Illinois median of $45,960 per year. BLS lists 68,640 jobs and a location quotient of 1.21.
3. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Illinois median of $46,130 per year. BLS lists 100,970 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Illinois
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Illinois table, at 195,390 jobs. Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 850 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 6,098,130. 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 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 195,390 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 194,540 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $40,550 per year, or $4,790 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.69.
2. General and Operations Managers has 171,300 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 170,450 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $103,570 per year, or $58,230 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.25.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Illinois
Financial Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Illinois role table, at $165,880 per year. Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has $45,340 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $51,960 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 $165,880 per year in Illinois, or $120,540 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 52,720 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.6.
2. Software Developers has a median of $132,110 per year in Illinois, or $86,770 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 56,310 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.85.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Illinois
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has the highest location quotient in the bounded Illinois role table, at 1.69. Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 1.55. 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 Heat Treating Equipment 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. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.69 in Illinois, a gap of 0.14 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 195,390 jobs and a median of $40,550 per year, or $4,790 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
2. Financial Managers has a location quotient of 1.6 in Illinois, a gap of 0.05 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 52,720 jobs and a median of $165,880 per year, or $120,540 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Price-level view
What $45,340 may mean after the Illinois price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Illinois is 100.0. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 0.0% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $45,340 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by 100.0 divided by 100. The result is $45,359 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 93.9. Goods are 103.8. Utilities are 85.0. Other services are 100.2. 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 Illinois row
The employment RSE for this Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row is 14%. The mean-wage RSE is 4.1%. 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 850 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $48,160 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 Illinois wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It uses a Illinois 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 $45,340 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 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row for Illinois 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 850 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.55 is not a growth score. Rank 31 of 37 is not a place score. The 100.0 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-4191 in BLS area 17. 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.
BLS published an employment estimate of 850 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.
4. Area 17, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 138,910 jobs, $95,990 annual median, 22.78 jobs per 1,000, and 1.05 location quotient.
5. Area 17, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 134,100 jobs, $38,060 annual median, 21.99 jobs per 1,000, and 0.79 location quotient.
6. Area 17, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 127,590 jobs, $33,910 annual median, 20.92 jobs per 1,000, and 0.84 location quotient.
32. Connecticut has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $44,350 per year, 320 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.12.
33. Georgia has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $44,050 per year, 250 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.56.
34. Texas has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $41,690 per year, 1,450 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.14.
3. Colorado has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $58,300 per year, or $12,960 above Illinois. BLS lists 100 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.4.
4. West Virginia has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $56,880 per year, or $11,540 above Illinois. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 1.06.
5. Virginia has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $55,070 per year, or $9,730 above Illinois. BLS lists 190 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.5.
6. Tennessee has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $54,930 per year, or $9,590 above Illinois. BLS lists 670 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 2.26.
7. New York has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $52,940 per year, or $7,600 above Illinois. BLS lists 280 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.32.
8. Ohio has a Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $52,880 per year, or $7,540 above Illinois. BLS lists 1,040 jobs there, compared with 850 in Illinois. The location quotient is 2.09.
3. Michigan has 1,190 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 340 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $50,560 per year, or $5,220 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 3.
4. Ohio has 1,040 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 190 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $52,880 per year, or $7,540 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 2.09.
5. Indiana has 990 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 140 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $46,860 per year, or $1,520 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 3.45.
6. Illinois has 850 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 0 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $45,340 per year, or $0 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.55.
7. California has 770 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 80 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $50,150 per year, or $4,810 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 0.47.
8. Tennessee has 670 estimated Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 180 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $54,930 per year, or $9,590 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 2.26.
4. Tennessee has a location quotient of 2.26, a gap of 0.71 from Illinois. BLS lists 670 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $54,930 per year, or $9,590 above Illinois.
5. Connecticut has a location quotient of 2.12, a gap of 0.57 from Illinois. BLS lists 320 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $44,350 per year, or $990 below Illinois.
6. Ohio has a location quotient of 2.09, a gap of 0.54 from Illinois. BLS lists 1,040 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $52,880 per year, or $7,540 above Illinois.
7. Kentucky has a location quotient of 1.87, a gap of 0.32 from Illinois. BLS lists 340 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $47,090 per year, or $1,750 above Illinois.
8. Wisconsin has a location quotient of 1.78, a gap of 0.23 from Illinois. BLS lists 470 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $49,100 per year, or $3,760 above Illinois.
4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Illinois median of $44,140 per year. BLS lists 76,460 jobs and a location quotient of 1.39.
5. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Illinois median of $47,380 per year. BLS lists 47,190 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
6. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Illinois median of $48,310 per year. BLS lists 74,280 jobs and a location quotient of 1.11.
7. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Illinois median of $49,560 per year. BLS lists 51,470 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.
8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Illinois median of $40,550 per year. BLS lists 195,390 jobs and a location quotient of 1.69.
3. Cashiers has 139,630 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 138,780 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $34,490 per year, or $10,850 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.15.
4. Registered Nurses has 138,910 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 138,060 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $95,990 per year, or $50,650 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.05.
5. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 134,100 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 133,250 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $38,060 per year, or $7,280 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.79.
6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 127,590 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 126,740 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $33,910 per year, or $11,430 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.84.
7. Retail Salespersons has 126,610 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 125,760 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $35,370 per year, or $9,970 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.83.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 109,240 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 108,390 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $37,680 per year, or $7,660 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.98.
3. Management Analysts has a median of $104,270 per year in Illinois, or $58,930 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 45,820 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.3.
4. General and Operations Managers has a median of $103,570 per year in Illinois, or $58,230 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 171,300 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.25.
5. Registered Nurses has a median of $95,990 per year in Illinois, or $50,650 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 138,910 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.05.
6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,230 per year in Illinois, or $34,890 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 54,930 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.97.
7. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $79,990 per year in Illinois, or $34,650 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 44,670 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.07.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $75,320 per year in Illinois, or $29,980 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 61,520 jobs, compared with 850 for Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.13.
3. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.42 in Illinois, a gap of 0.13 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 69,910 jobs and a median of $66,900 per year, or $21,560 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.39 in Illinois, a gap of 0.16 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 76,460 jobs and a median of $44,140 per year, or $1,200 below Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
5. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.3 in Illinois, a gap of 0.25 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 45,820 jobs and a median of $104,270 per year, or $58,930 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
6. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.25 in Illinois, a gap of 0.30 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 171,300 jobs and a median of $103,570 per year, or $58,230 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
7. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.22 in Illinois, a gap of 0.33 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 47,190 jobs and a median of $47,380 per year, or $2,040 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
8. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.21 in Illinois, a gap of 0.34 from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 68,640 jobs and a median of $45,960 per year, or $620 above Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
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