Mechanical Engineers Salary in Peoria, IL

Mechanical Engineers pay range in Peoria

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $99,880 a year or less, while the top 10% make $166,620 or more. The middle half of mechanical engineers in Peoria earn between $100,700 and $159,570.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Mechanical Engineers salary after taxes in Peoria

On the average salary of $130,540, a single filer in Peoria takes home about $94,169 a year, or $7,847 a month and $3,622 every two weeks. Taxes take 28% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Peoria a good place for mechanical engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Peoria area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.2), so the average $130,540 buys what about $143,087 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Peoria ($49,590). A typical home costs $172,742, or 1.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Mechanical Engineers salary in other Illinois cities

Peoria ranks 1st of 7 Illinois metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for mechanical engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($165,920).

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• Industrial Engineers$121,200 a year
• Engineers, All Other$118,360 a year
• Electrical Engineers$111,560 a year
• Chemical Engineers$108,770 a year
• Civil Engineers$100,970 a year
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$95,780 a year
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$86,830 a year
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$82,520 a year

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