Machinists Salary — Rockford, Illinois

The average Machinists in Rockford, Illinois earns $53,650 a year.

$53,650 / year, mean
↓ 10.3% below national average 14th percentile in Illinois

Rockford is among the lowest-paying cities in Illinois for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for machinists, 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)
1,800
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.4%
Cost of living 92 #143 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 $221,368 #156 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $66,571 #126 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Rockford ranks #143 for cost of living and #156 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.

Bremerton $79,720 San Francisco $76,240 Kennewick $76,070 Seattle $75,190 Trenton $73,430 Corpus Christi $71,490 Albany $70,390 San Jose $69,020 Richmond $67,950 Albany $67,520 Vallejo $67,080 Portland $66,900 Mount Vernon $66,860 Vineland $66,450 Longview $66,210 Champaign $66,060 New York $66,030 Bellingham $65,950 Beaumont $65,570 Yuba City $65,470 Lynchburg $65,190 Redding $64,700 San Diego $64,530 Ithaca $63,980 Flint $63,960 Lexington Park $63,850 Paducah $63,540 Atlantic City $63,260 Staunton $62,900 Kiryas Joel $62,560 Houston $62,470 Virginia Beach $62,430 Santa Maria $62,340 Salinas $62,140 Philadelphia $62,130 Sacramento $62,070 Miami $62,000 Spokane $61,570 Baltimore $61,460 Dallas $61,030 Yakima $61,030 Bend $60,990 Buffalo $60,860 Austin $60,820 Louisville $60,750 Chicago $60,510 Hagerstown $60,320 Crestview $60,170 Columbus $60,160 Medford $60,110 Glens Falls $60,000 Santa Rosa $60,000 Port St. Lucie $59,970 Evansville $59,880 Olympia $59,510 Oxnard $59,210 Monroe $58,900 Odessa $58,760 Fresno $58,740 Jacksonville $58,720 Lansing $58,680 Bakersfield $58,670 Sebastian $58,660 Lafayette $58,640 Santa Cruz $58,420 Blacksburg $58,200 Detroit $58,190 Salem $58,150 Wenatchee $58,020 Waco $58,000 Syracuse $57,880 Reading $57,860 Roanoke $57,610 Midland $57,570 Chico $57,520 Palm Bay $57,500 Tampa $57,370 Orlando $57,330 San Antonio $57,300 Springfield $57,250 Los Angeles $57,130 Allentown $57,110 York $57,100 Modesto $56,990 Ann Arbor $56,680 Harrisburg $56,640 Fort Myers $56,460 Eugene $56,380 Decatur $56,320 Indianapolis $56,240 Erie $56,230 San Luis Obispo $56,220 Wheeling $56,200 Midland $56,180 Wichita Falls $56,180 Williamsport $56,150 Dover $56,100 Rochester $56,100 Elmira $56,090 Charlottesville $56,040 Winchester $55,990 Pittsburgh $55,870 Binghamton $55,850 College Station $55,850 Lancaster $55,720 Sarasota $55,660 Tyler $55,460 Panama City $55,450 San Angelo $55,410 Kankakee $55,360 Bowling Green $55,260 Homosassa Springs $55,210 Peoria $55,130 Lebanon $54,980 Riverside $54,960 Kalamazoo $54,810 Bay City $54,570 Abilene $54,530 Elizabethtown $54,310 Harrisonburg $54,250 Stockton $54,190 Owensboro $54,120 Saginaw $54,030 Fort Wayne $54,020 Bloomington $53,940 Kingston $53,930 Victoria $53,890 Elkhart $53,800 Rockford $53,650 Corvallis $53,640 Michigan City $53,640 South Bend $53,560 Salisbury $53,520 Terre Haute $53,480 State College $53,470 Charleston $53,420 Traverse City $53,390 Grand Rapids $53,290 Scranton $52,960 Johnstown $52,910 Visalia $52,880 Utica $52,740 Lubbock $52,730 Jackson $52,540 Gainesville $52,490 Naples $52,380 Beckley $52,170 Morgantown $52,010 Chambersburg $51,950 Niles $51,890 Altoona $51,830 Tallahassee $51,770 Weirton $51,660 Battle Creek $51,650 Pensacola $51,540 Deltona $51,320 Longview $50,950 Muskegon $50,860 Grants Pass $50,840 Lakeland $50,760 Sherman $50,260 Killeen $50,250 Ocala $50,190 Texarkana $50,160 Amarillo $49,970 Merced $49,800 Huntington $49,350 Brownsville $49,250 El Paso $48,480 Gettysburg $48,150 Muncie $47,860 Kokomo $47,320 McAllen $47,150
CityMean salaryvs. Rockford
Abilene, Texas$54,530+1.6%
Albany, Oregon$70,390+31.2%
Albany, New York$67,520+25.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$57,110+6.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$51,830-3.4%
Amarillo, Texas$49,970-6.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$56,680+5.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$63,260+17.9%
Austin, Texas$60,820+13.4%
Bakersfield, California$58,670+9.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$61,460+14.6%
Battle Creek, Michigan$51,650-3.7%
Bay City, Michigan$54,570+1.7%
Beaumont, Texas$65,570+22.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$52,170-2.8%
Bellingham, Washington$65,950+22.9%
Bend, Oregon$60,990+13.7%
Binghamton, New York$55,850+4.1%
Blacksburg, Virginia$58,200+8.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$53,940+0.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$55,260+3.0%
Bremerton, Washington$79,720+48.6%
Brownsville, Texas$49,250-8.2%
Buffalo, New York$60,860+13.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$56,460+5.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$51,950-3.2%
Champaign, Illinois$66,060+23.1%
Charleston, West Virginia$53,420-0.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$56,040+4.5%
Chicago, Illinois$60,510+12.8%
Chico, California$57,520+7.2%
College Station, Texas$55,850+4.1%
Columbus, Indiana$60,160+12.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$71,490+33.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$53,640-0.0%
Crestview, Florida$60,170+12.2%
Dallas, Texas$61,030+13.8%
Decatur, Illinois$56,320+5.0%
Deltona, Florida$51,320-4.3%
Detroit, Michigan$58,190+8.5%
Dover, Delaware$56,100+4.6%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$54,310+1.2%
Elkhart, Indiana$53,800+0.3%
Elmira, New York$56,090+4.5%
El Paso, Texas$48,480-9.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$56,230+4.8%
Eugene, Oregon$56,380+5.1%
Evansville, Indiana$59,880+11.6%
Flint, Michigan$63,960+19.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$54,020+0.7%
Fresno, California$58,740+9.5%
Gainesville, Florida$52,490-2.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$48,150-10.3%
Glens Falls, New York$60,000+11.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$53,290-0.7%
Grants Pass, Oregon$50,840-5.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$60,320+12.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$56,640+5.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$54,250+1.1%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$55,210+2.9%
Houston, Texas$62,470+16.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$49,350-8.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$56,240+4.8%
Ithaca, New York$63,980+19.3%
Jackson, Michigan$52,540-2.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,720+9.5%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$52,910-1.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$54,810+2.2%
Kankakee, Illinois$55,360+3.2%
Kennewick, Washington$76,070+41.8%
Killeen, Texas$50,250-6.3%
Kingston, New York$53,930+0.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$62,560+16.6%
Kokomo, Indiana$47,320-11.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$58,640+9.3%
Lakeland, Florida$50,760-5.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$55,720+3.9%
Lansing, Michigan$58,680+9.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$54,980+2.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$63,850+19.0%
Longview, Texas$50,950-5.0%
Longview, Washington$66,210+23.4%
Los Angeles, California$57,130+6.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$60,750+13.2%
Lubbock, Texas$52,730-1.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$65,190+21.5%
McAllen, Texas$47,150-12.1%
Medford, Oregon$60,110+12.0%
Merced, California$49,800-7.2%
Miami, Florida$62,000+15.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$53,640-0.0%
Midland, Michigan$56,180+4.7%
Midland, Texas$57,570+7.3%
Modesto, California$56,990+6.2%
Monroe, Michigan$58,900+9.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$52,010-3.1%
Mount Vernon, Washington$66,860+24.6%
Muncie, Indiana$47,860-10.8%
Muskegon, Michigan$50,860-5.2%
Naples, Florida$52,380-2.4%
New York, New York$66,030+23.1%
Niles, Michigan$51,890-3.3%
Sarasota, Florida$55,660+3.7%
Ocala, Florida$50,190-6.4%
Odessa, Texas$58,760+9.5%
Olympia, Washington$59,510+10.9%
Orlando, Florida$57,330+6.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$54,120+0.9%
Oxnard, California$59,210+10.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$63,540+18.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$57,500+7.2%
Panama City, Florida$55,450+3.4%
Pensacola, Florida$51,540-3.9%
Peoria, Illinois$55,130+2.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$62,130+15.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$55,870+4.1%
Portland, Oregon$66,900+24.7%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$59,970+11.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$57,860+7.8%
Redding, California$64,700+20.6%
Richmond, Virginia$67,950+26.7%
Riverside, California$54,960+2.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$57,610+7.4%
Rochester, New York$56,100+4.6%
Sacramento, California$62,070+15.7%
Saginaw, Michigan$54,030+0.7%
Salem, Oregon$58,150+8.4%
Salinas, California$62,140+15.8%
Salisbury, Maryland$53,520-0.2%
San Angelo, Texas$55,410+3.3%
San Antonio, Texas$57,300+6.8%
San Diego, California$64,530+20.3%
San Francisco, California$76,240+42.1%
San Jose, California$69,020+28.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$56,220+4.8%
Santa Cruz, California$58,420+8.9%
Santa Maria, California$62,340+16.2%
Santa Rosa, California$60,000+11.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$52,960-1.3%
Seattle, Washington$75,190+40.1%
Sebastian, Florida$58,660+9.3%
Sherman, Texas$50,260-6.3%
South Bend, Indiana$53,560-0.2%
Spokane, Washington$61,570+14.8%
Springfield, Illinois$57,250+6.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$53,470-0.3%
Staunton, Virginia$62,900+17.2%
Stockton, California$54,190+1.0%
Syracuse, New York$57,880+7.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$51,770-3.5%
Tampa, Florida$57,370+6.9%
Terre Haute, Indiana$53,480-0.3%
Texarkana, Texas$50,160-6.5%
Traverse City, Michigan$53,390-0.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$73,430+36.9%
Tyler, Texas$55,460+3.4%
Utica, New York$52,740-1.7%
Vallejo, California$67,080+25.0%
Victoria, Texas$53,890+0.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$66,450+23.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$62,430+16.4%
Visalia, California$52,880-1.4%
Waco, Texas$58,000+8.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$51,660-3.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$58,020+8.1%
Wheeling, West Virginia$56,200+4.8%
Wichita Falls, Texas$56,180+4.7%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$56,150+4.7%
Winchester, Virginia$55,990+4.4%
Yakima, Washington$61,030+13.8%
York, Pennsylvania$57,100+6.4%
Yuba City, California$65,470+22.0%
Gross salary
53,650/yr
Estimated take-home
42,773/yr
Est. total withheld
20.3%

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 51-4041 SOC code
Official area Rockford, IL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40420 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)
336,605