Illinois was 12.1% below the U.S. median for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It ranked 33 of 40 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
$38,636
WageScope divides the published Plating 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.
Plating Machine 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 51-4193 and BLS area 17.
Questions, answered
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Illinois: common questions
What is the median wage for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $38,620 per year for Plating Machine 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 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay higher in Illinois than nationally?
Illinois's published median was 12.1% 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 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs does BLS estimate in Illinois?
From market data to your evidence
Tailor for a real Plating Machine 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 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median says in Illinois
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median in Illinois at $38,620 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 51-4193 and BLS area 17.
BLS lists 2,380 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 $41,990 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Illinois's Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is 12.1% below the U.S. Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $43,960 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.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4193 and area 17. SOC 51-4193 names Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Area 17 names Illinois. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4193/17 row reports 2,380 wage and salary jobs, 0.39 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.87 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-4193/17, the annual median is $38,620 per year, while the matching mean is $41,990 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 17 facts behind this Plating Machine 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 51-4193 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 Plating 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 17. They do not show related skills or a path into Plating Machine 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.
Pay range
Read the Illinois wage ladder for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The 10th percentile is $34,540 per year. The 25th percentile is $36,830 per year. The median is $38,620 per year. The 75th percentile is $47,990 per year. The 90th percentile is $51,260 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 $36,830 per year to $47,990 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $16,720. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Illinois has a annual median of $38,620 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $43,960 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Illinois. Illinois is 12.1% 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.
Where Illinois sits for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Illinois ranks 33 of 40 among states and territories with a published annual median for Plating 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 33 of 40 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.
30. Texas has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $39,060 per year, 2,090 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.71.
31. Kansas has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $38,770 per year, 360 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.21.
32. Indiana has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $38,680 per year, 1,250 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.88.
Pay leaders
Where Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4193, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Iowa has the highest published median in this set, at $70,910 per year. Illinois sits at $38,620 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Plating 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. Iowa has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $70,910 per year, or $32,290 above Illinois. BLS lists 440 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 1.36.
2. Washington has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $58,000 per year, or $19,380 above Illinois. BLS lists 410 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.55.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in this same-source set, at 5,600 jobs. Illinois has 2,380. 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. California has 5,600 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 3,220 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $46,760 per year, or $8,140 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.48.
2. Michigan has 3,330 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 950 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $37,600 per year, or $1,020 below Illinois. Its location quotient is 3.63.
Local-share leaders
Where Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic takes the largest share of local jobs
Rhode Island has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 4.32. Illinois has 1.87. 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 Plating 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. Rhode Island has a location quotient of 4.32, a gap of 2.45 from Illinois. BLS lists 450 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $38,580 per year, or $40 below Illinois.
2. Michigan has a location quotient of 3.63, a gap of 1.76 from Illinois. BLS lists 3,330 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $37,600 per year, or $1,020 below Illinois.
Job scale and share
How common Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in Illinois
BLS lists 2,380 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs in Illinois. It also lists 0.39 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 1.87. A value of 1 means Plating Machine 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.
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic beside other roles in Illinois
The all-occupations median in Illinois is $51,960 per year. The Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $38,620 per year. Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is 25.7% 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 Plating 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. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Illinois median of $38,060 per year. BLS lists 134,100 jobs and a location quotient of 0.79.
2. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Illinois median of $37,810 per year. BLS lists 93,760 jobs and a location quotient of 1.08.
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. Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 2,380 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 Plating Machine 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 193,010 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $40,550 per year, or $1,930 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.69.
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. Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has $38,620 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 $127,260 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 52,720 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 $93,490 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 56,310 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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. Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 1.87. 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 Plating 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. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.69 in Illinois, a gap of 0.18 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 195,390 jobs and a median of $40,550 per year, or $1,930 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
2. Financial Managers has a location quotient of 1.6 in Illinois, a gap of 0.27 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 52,720 jobs and a median of $165,880 per year, or $127,260 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Price-level view
What $38,620 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 $38,620 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by 100.0 divided by 100. The result is $38,636 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.
The employment RSE for this Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row is 11.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 2.4%. 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 2,380 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $41,990 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.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Plating Machine 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. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the $38,620 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.
What the Plating Machine 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 2,380 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.87 is not a growth score. Rank 33 of 40 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 51-4193 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 2,380 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.
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.
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.
34. Rhode Island has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $38,580 per year, 450 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 4.32.
35. Michigan has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $37,600 per year, 3,330 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 3.63.
36. Nevada has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $37,460 per year, 60 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.18.
3. Mississippi has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $52,090 per year, or $13,470 above Illinois. BLS lists 60 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.25.
4. Arkansas has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $51,140 per year, or $12,520 above Illinois. BLS lists 230 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.84.
5. Oklahoma has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $49,330 per year, or $10,710 above Illinois. BLS lists 180 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.51.
6. Oregon has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,050 per year, or $9,430 above Illinois. BLS lists 310 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.77.
7. Nebraska has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $48,010 per year, or $9,390 above Illinois. BLS lists 400 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 1.86.
8. Colorado has a Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,930 per year, or $9,310 above Illinois. BLS lists 190 jobs there, compared with 2,380 in Illinois. The location quotient is 0.31.
3. Illinois has 2,380 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 0 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $38,620 per year, or $0 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.87.
4. Texas has 2,090 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 290 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $39,060 per year, or $440 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 0.71.
5. Ohio has 1,810 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 570 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $46,790 per year, or $8,170 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.57.
6. Pennsylvania has 1,740 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 640 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $45,590 per year, or $6,970 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.38.
7. Tennessee has 1,660 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 720 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $39,510 per year, or $890 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 2.43.
8. Indiana has 1,250 estimated Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 1,130 jobs from Illinois. Its median is $38,680 per year, or $60 above Illinois. Its location quotient is 1.88.
3. Tennessee has a location quotient of 2.43, a gap of 0.56 from Illinois. BLS lists 1,660 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $39,510 per year, or $890 above Illinois.
4. Indiana has a location quotient of 1.88, a gap of 0.01 from Illinois. BLS lists 1,250 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $38,680 per year, or $60 above Illinois.
5. Illinois has a location quotient of 1.87, a gap of 0.00 from Illinois. BLS lists 2,380 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $38,620 per year, or $0 above Illinois.
6. Nebraska has a location quotient of 1.86, a gap of 0.01 from Illinois. BLS lists 400 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $48,010 per year, or $9,390 above Illinois.
7. Connecticut has a location quotient of 1.75, a gap of 0.12 from Illinois. BLS lists 620 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $37,220 per year, or $1,400 below Illinois.
8. Ohio has a location quotient of 1.57, a gap of 0.30 from Illinois. BLS lists 1,810 Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $46,790 per year, or $8,170 above Illinois.
3. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Illinois median of $39,490 per year. BLS lists 53,830 jobs and a location quotient of 1.07.
4. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Illinois median of $37,680 per year. BLS lists 109,240 jobs and a location quotient of 0.98.
5. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Illinois median of $37,580 per year. BLS lists 53,540 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
6. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Illinois median of $36,990 per year. BLS lists 64,210 jobs and a location quotient of 1.15.
7. 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.
8. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Illinois median of $35,370 per year. BLS lists 126,610 jobs and a location quotient of 0.83.
2. General and Operations Managers has 171,300 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 168,920 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $103,570 per year, or $64,950 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.25.
3. Cashiers has 139,630 jobs in Illinois, a gap of 137,250 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $34,490 per year, or $4,130 below Plating Machine 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 136,530 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $95,990 per year, or $57,370 above Plating Machine 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 131,720 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $38,060 per year, or $560 below Plating Machine 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 125,210 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $33,910 per year, or $4,710 below Plating Machine 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 124,230 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $35,370 per year, or $3,250 below Plating Machine 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 106,860 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $37,680 per year, or $940 below Plating Machine 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 $65,650 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 45,820 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 $64,950 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 171,300 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 $57,370 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 138,910 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 $41,610 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 54,930 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 $41,370 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 44,670 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 $36,700 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 61,520 jobs, compared with 2,380 for Plating Machine 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 0.45 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 69,910 jobs and a median of $66,900 per year, or $28,280 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.39 in Illinois, a gap of 0.48 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 76,460 jobs and a median of $44,140 per year, or $5,520 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
5. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.3 in Illinois, a gap of 0.57 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 45,820 jobs and a median of $104,270 per year, or $65,650 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
6. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.25 in Illinois, a gap of 0.62 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 171,300 jobs and a median of $103,570 per year, or $64,950 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
7. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.22 in Illinois, a gap of 0.65 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 47,190 jobs and a median of $47,380 per year, or $8,760 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
8. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.21 in Illinois, a gap of 0.66 from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 68,640 jobs and a median of $45,960 per year, or $7,340 above Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
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