Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Salary — Kankakee, Illinois

The average Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Kankakee, Illinois earns $44,600 a year.

$44,600 / year, mean
↓ 8.5% below national average 25th percentile in Illinois

Kankakee pays below most of Illinois for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for industrial truck and tractor operators, worth factoring into any relocation math. 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)
200
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.0%
Cost of living 96 #89 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 $223,721 #155 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $68,325 #116 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Kankakee ranks #89 for cost of living and #155 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.

Flint $61,780 San Francisco $59,030 Vallejo $56,610 San Jose $56,050 Napa $55,240 Seattle $55,100 Lexington Park $54,900 Portland $54,520 Battle Creek $54,500 Bremerton $54,450 Mount Vernon $53,580 Palm Bay $53,400 Buffalo $53,050 Modesto $52,970 Ann Arbor $52,850 Utica $52,730 Jacksonville $52,470 Atlantic City $52,450 Longview $52,420 Bend $52,110 Decatur $52,110 New York $52,050 Harrisonburg $51,850 Reading $51,770 Miami $51,670 Philadelphia $51,530 Albany $51,500 Owensboro $51,470 Allentown $51,400 Grants Pass $51,000 Lancaster $50,970 Olympia $50,860 Medford $50,810 Lexington $50,680 Stockton $50,480 Eugene $50,470 Detroit $50,460 Sacramento $50,370 Albany $50,340 Glens Falls $50,280 Santa Rosa $50,190 Spokane $50,180 Port St. Lucie $50,170 Syracuse $50,160 Chicago $49,980 Salisbury $49,920 Bellingham $49,840 Riverside $49,840 Tampa $49,730 Deltona $49,660 Scranton $49,590 Los Angeles $49,510 Salem $49,490 Corvallis $49,300 Fort Myers $49,150 Lakeland $49,120 Kingston $49,070 Kiryas Joel $49,060 Louisville $48,910 York $48,820 San Diego $48,710 Williamsport $48,710 Michigan City $48,690 Orlando $48,610 Richmond $48,530 Beaumont $48,490 Rochester $48,480 Tallahassee $48,450 Hanford $48,430 Lansing $48,420 Harrisburg $48,410 Charlottesville $48,350 Gainesville $48,350 Midland $48,150 Corpus Christi $48,110 Virginia Beach $48,090 Redding $48,070 Yakima $47,970 Bakersfield $47,830 Peoria $47,780 Kennewick $47,770 Winchester $47,740 Visalia $47,730 Dallas $47,670 Niles $47,630 Indianapolis $47,620 Pittsburgh $47,620 Naples $47,480 Baltimore $47,450 Chico $47,250 Traverse City $47,210 Gettysburg $47,150 Santa Cruz $47,130 Evansville $47,070 South Bend $46,840 San Luis Obispo $46,830 Springfield $46,790 Austin $46,740 Odessa $46,710 Dover $46,630 Fresno $46,600 Merced $46,590 Killeen $46,560 Chambersburg $46,530 Walla Walla $46,500 Rockford $46,440 Yuba City $46,440 Staunton $46,390 Elizabethtown $46,270 Oxnard $46,210 Binghamton $46,180 Houston $45,710 Fort Wayne $45,640 Kalamazoo $45,480 Santa Maria $45,440 Trenton $45,390 Elkhart $45,220 Roanoke $45,190 Lebanon $45,160 Sarasota $45,040 San Antonio $44,920 Champaign $44,810 Kankakee $44,600 Paducah $44,570 Bloomington $44,430 Columbus $44,420 Watertown $44,400 Monroe $44,300 Lynchburg $44,260 Grand Rapids $44,200 State College $44,190 Terre Haute $44,090 Jackson $44,070 Victoria $44,000 Hagerstown $43,990 Saginaw $43,930 Salinas $43,930 Muskegon $43,920 Crestview $43,880 Bay City $43,870 Amarillo $43,760 Huntington $43,730 Lafayette $43,620 Ocala $43,580 Kokomo $43,570 Wenatchee $43,570 Elmira $43,540 El Centro $43,490 Panama City $43,430 Punta Gorda $43,300 Sherman $43,220 Muncie $43,030 Charleston $43,010 Sebastian $43,000 Vineland $43,000 Wichita Falls $42,850 Bowling Green $42,760 Longview $42,740 Parkersburg $42,680 Bloomington $42,520 Erie $42,500 Pensacola $42,420 Tyler $42,360 Altoona $42,230 Johnstown $42,200 Homosassa Springs $42,100 Waco $42,080 Wheeling $41,990 San Angelo $41,950 Wildwood $41,540 College Station $41,440 Blacksburg $40,860 Abilene $40,800 Lubbock $40,500 Texarkana $40,420 Beckley $40,000 El Paso $38,820 Sebring $36,870 Brownsville $35,160 McAllen $34,500 Laredo $32,940 Eagle Pass $31,760
CityMean salaryvs. Kankakee
Abilene, Texas$40,800-8.5%
Albany, Oregon$50,340+12.9%
Albany, New York$51,500+15.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$51,400+15.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$42,230-5.3%
Amarillo, Texas$43,760-1.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$52,850+18.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$52,450+17.6%
Austin, Texas$46,740+4.8%
Bakersfield, California$47,830+7.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$47,450+6.4%
Battle Creek, Michigan$54,500+22.2%
Bay City, Michigan$43,870-1.6%
Beaumont, Texas$48,490+8.7%
Beckley, West Virginia$40,000-10.3%
Bellingham, Washington$49,840+11.7%
Bend, Oregon$52,110+16.8%
Binghamton, New York$46,180+3.5%
Blacksburg, Virginia$40,860-8.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$42,520-4.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$44,430-0.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$42,760-4.1%
Bremerton, Washington$54,450+22.1%
Brownsville, Texas$35,160-21.2%
Buffalo, New York$53,050+18.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$49,150+10.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$46,530+4.3%
Champaign, Illinois$44,810+0.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$43,010-3.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$48,350+8.4%
Chicago, Illinois$49,980+12.1%
Chico, California$47,250+5.9%
College Station, Texas$41,440-7.1%
Columbus, Indiana$44,420-0.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$48,110+7.9%
Corvallis, Oregon$49,300+10.5%
Crestview, Florida$43,880-1.6%
Dallas, Texas$47,670+6.9%
Decatur, Illinois$52,110+16.8%
Deltona, Florida$49,660+11.3%
Detroit, Michigan$50,460+13.1%
Dover, Delaware$46,630+4.6%
Eagle Pass, Texas$31,760-28.8%
El Centro, California$43,490-2.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$46,270+3.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$45,220+1.4%
Elmira, New York$43,540-2.4%
El Paso, Texas$38,820-13.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$42,500-4.7%
Eugene, Oregon$50,470+13.2%
Evansville, Indiana$47,070+5.5%
Flint, Michigan$61,780+38.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$45,640+2.3%
Fresno, California$46,600+4.5%
Gainesville, Florida$48,350+8.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$47,150+5.7%
Glens Falls, New York$50,280+12.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$44,200-0.9%
Grants Pass, Oregon$51,000+14.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$43,990-1.4%
Hanford, California$48,430+8.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$48,410+8.5%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$51,850+16.3%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$42,100-5.6%
Houston, Texas$45,710+2.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$43,730-2.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$47,620+6.8%
Jackson, Michigan$44,070-1.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$52,470+17.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$42,200-5.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$45,480+2.0%
Kennewick, Washington$47,770+7.1%
Killeen, Texas$46,560+4.4%
Kingston, New York$49,070+10.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$49,060+10.0%
Kokomo, Indiana$43,570-2.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$43,620-2.2%
Lakeland, Florida$49,120+10.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$50,970+14.3%
Lansing, Michigan$48,420+8.6%
Laredo, Texas$32,940-26.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$45,160+1.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$50,680+13.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$54,900+23.1%
Longview, Texas$42,740-4.2%
Longview, Washington$52,420+17.5%
Los Angeles, California$49,510+11.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$48,910+9.7%
Lubbock, Texas$40,500-9.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$44,260-0.8%
McAllen, Texas$34,500-22.6%
Medford, Oregon$50,810+13.9%
Merced, California$46,590+4.5%
Miami, Florida$51,670+15.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$48,690+9.2%
Midland, Texas$48,150+8.0%
Modesto, California$52,970+18.8%
Monroe, Michigan$44,300-0.7%
Mount Vernon, Washington$53,580+20.1%
Muncie, Indiana$43,030-3.5%
Muskegon, Michigan$43,920-1.5%
Napa, California$55,240+23.9%
Naples, Florida$47,480+6.5%
New York, New York$52,050+16.7%
Niles, Michigan$47,630+6.8%
Sarasota, Florida$45,040+1.0%
Ocala, Florida$43,580-2.3%
Odessa, Texas$46,710+4.7%
Olympia, Washington$50,860+14.0%
Orlando, Florida$48,610+9.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$51,470+15.4%
Oxnard, California$46,210+3.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$44,570-0.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$53,400+19.7%
Panama City, Florida$43,430-2.6%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$42,680-4.3%
Pensacola, Florida$42,420-4.9%
Peoria, Illinois$47,780+7.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$51,530+15.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$47,620+6.8%
Portland, Oregon$54,520+22.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$50,170+12.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$43,300-2.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$51,770+16.1%
Redding, California$48,070+7.8%
Richmond, Virginia$48,530+8.8%
Riverside, California$49,840+11.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$45,190+1.3%
Rochester, New York$48,480+8.7%
Rockford, Illinois$46,440+4.1%
Sacramento, California$50,370+12.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$43,930-1.5%
Salem, Oregon$49,490+11.0%
Salinas, California$43,930-1.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$49,920+11.9%
San Angelo, Texas$41,950-5.9%
San Antonio, Texas$44,920+0.7%
San Diego, California$48,710+9.2%
San Francisco, California$59,030+32.4%
San Jose, California$56,050+25.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$46,830+5.0%
Santa Cruz, California$47,130+5.7%
Santa Maria, California$45,440+1.9%
Santa Rosa, California$50,190+12.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$49,590+11.2%
Seattle, Washington$55,100+23.5%
Sebastian, Florida$43,000-3.6%
Sebring, Florida$36,870-17.3%
Sherman, Texas$43,220-3.1%
South Bend, Indiana$46,840+5.0%
Spokane, Washington$50,180+12.5%
Springfield, Illinois$46,790+4.9%
State College, Pennsylvania$44,190-0.9%
Staunton, Virginia$46,390+4.0%
Stockton, California$50,480+13.2%
Syracuse, New York$50,160+12.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$48,450+8.6%
Tampa, Florida$49,730+11.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$44,090-1.1%
Texarkana, Texas$40,420-9.4%
Traverse City, Michigan$47,210+5.9%
Trenton, New Jersey$45,390+1.8%
Tyler, Texas$42,360-5.0%
Utica, New York$52,730+18.2%
Vallejo, California$56,610+26.9%
Victoria, Texas$44,000-1.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$43,000-3.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$48,090+7.8%
Visalia, California$47,730+7.0%
Waco, Texas$42,080-5.7%
Walla Walla, Washington$46,500+4.3%
Watertown, New York$44,400-0.4%
Wenatchee, Washington$43,570-2.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$41,990-5.9%
Wichita Falls, Texas$42,850-3.9%
Wildwood, Florida$41,540-6.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$48,710+9.2%
Winchester, Virginia$47,740+7.0%
Yakima, Washington$47,970+7.6%
York, Pennsylvania$48,820+9.5%
Yuba City, California$46,440+4.1%
Gross salary
44,600/yr
Estimated take-home
35,949/yr
Est. total withheld
19.4%

Single filer, federal + Illinois state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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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 53-7051 SOC code
Official area Kankakee, IL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 28100 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
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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Population (metro area)
106,833