Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Chicago, Illinois earns $53,450 a year.

$53,450 / year, mean
↑ 11.8% above national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Chicago sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,230
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.9%
Cost of living 104 #31 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $353,998 #78 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $88,850 #28 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Chicago ranks #31 for cost of living and #78 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $58,030 Kiryas Joel $56,300 Portland $55,270 Gettysburg $54,710 Yakima $54,630 Bend $54,300 Harrisburg $53,910 Chicago $53,450 Olympia $52,950 Syracuse $52,120 Naples $52,050 San Francisco $51,940 Terre Haute $51,550 New York $51,460 Rochester $50,930 Elizabethtown $50,700 Allentown $50,660 Spokane $50,610 Medford $50,470 Buffalo $50,190 York $50,130 Salem $50,060 Albany $49,820 South Bend $49,020 Salinas $48,690 Sacramento $48,630 San Diego $48,600 Louisville $48,550 Richmond $48,350 Fresno $47,840 Stockton $47,740 Indianapolis $47,690 Philadelphia $47,650 Oxnard $47,640 Evansville $47,470 Lancaster $47,390 Lexington $47,370 Virginia Beach $47,190 Fort Wayne $47,110 Baltimore $47,050 Glens Falls $46,950 Los Angeles $46,520 Trenton $46,520 Reading $46,410 Detroit $46,040 Rockford $45,930 Scranton $45,930 Riverside $45,760 Lakeland $45,410 Bakersfield $45,400 Jacksonville $45,200 Elkhart $45,180 Roanoke $45,120 Dallas $45,070 Austin $45,020 Grand Rapids $44,860 Walla Walla $44,640 Miami $44,530 Altoona $44,390 Hagerstown $44,380 Bloomington $44,340 Vineland $44,160 Sarasota $43,860 Pittsburgh $43,420 Orlando $42,340 Tampa $42,310 Ocala $41,970 Fort Myers $41,910 Deltona $41,600 San Antonio $40,780 Houston $40,740 Killeen $40,360 El Paso $40,020 San Angelo $40,020 McAllen $38,440 Tyler $37,280
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Albany, New York$49,820-6.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$50,660-5.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$44,390-17.0%
Austin, Texas$45,020-15.8%
Bakersfield, California$45,400-15.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$47,050-12.0%
Bend, Oregon$54,300+1.6%
Bloomington, Indiana$44,340-17.0%
Buffalo, New York$50,190-6.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$41,910-21.6%
Dallas, Texas$45,070-15.7%
Deltona, Florida$41,600-22.2%
Detroit, Michigan$46,040-13.9%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$50,700-5.1%
Elkhart, Indiana$45,180-15.5%
El Paso, Texas$40,020-25.1%
Evansville, Indiana$47,470-11.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,110-11.9%
Fresno, California$47,840-10.5%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$54,710+2.4%
Glens Falls, New York$46,950-12.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$44,860-16.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$44,380-17.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,910+0.9%
Houston, Texas$40,740-23.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$47,690-10.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$45,200-15.4%
Killeen, Texas$40,360-24.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$56,300+5.3%
Lakeland, Florida$45,410-15.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$47,390-11.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$47,370-11.4%
Los Angeles, California$46,520-13.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$48,550-9.2%
McAllen, Texas$38,440-28.1%
Medford, Oregon$50,470-5.6%
Miami, Florida$44,530-16.7%
Naples, Florida$52,050-2.6%
New York, New York$51,460-3.7%
Sarasota, Florida$43,860-17.9%
Ocala, Florida$41,970-21.5%
Olympia, Washington$52,950-0.9%
Orlando, Florida$42,340-20.8%
Oxnard, California$47,640-10.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$47,650-10.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,420-18.8%
Portland, Oregon$55,270+3.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$46,410-13.2%
Richmond, Virginia$48,350-9.5%
Riverside, California$45,760-14.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$45,120-15.6%
Rochester, New York$50,930-4.7%
Rockford, Illinois$45,930-14.1%
Sacramento, California$48,630-9.0%
Salem, Oregon$50,060-6.3%
Salinas, California$48,690-8.9%
San Angelo, Texas$40,020-25.1%
San Antonio, Texas$40,780-23.7%
San Diego, California$48,600-9.1%
San Francisco, California$51,940-2.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$45,930-14.1%
Seattle, Washington$58,030+8.6%
South Bend, Indiana$49,020-8.3%
Spokane, Washington$50,610-5.3%
Stockton, California$47,740-10.7%
Syracuse, New York$52,120-2.5%
Tampa, Florida$42,310-20.8%
Terre Haute, Indiana$51,550-3.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$46,520-13.0%
Tyler, Texas$37,280-30.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$44,160-17.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$47,190-11.7%
Walla Walla, Washington$44,640-16.5%
Yakima, Washington$54,630+2.2%
York, Pennsylvania$50,130-6.2%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
53,450/yr
Estimated take-home
42,622/yr
Est. total withheld
20.3%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-9032 SOC code
Official area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
NapervilleElgin
Multi-state area: IL;IN
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
9,359,555