Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators Salary — Kankakee, Illinois

The average Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Kankakee, Illinois earns $42,260 a year.

$42,260 / year, mean
↓ 10.1% below national average 12th percentile in Illinois

Kankakee is among the lowest-paying cities in Illinois for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, 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)
500
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.5%
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.

Lexington $62,470 San Francisco $61,560 Lansing $57,160 San Jose $57,150 Detroit $56,600 Lafayette $56,230 Fort Wayne $56,220 Bloomington $53,670 Bremerton $53,620 Seattle $53,410 Harrisonburg $53,320 Mount Vernon $52,590 Hagerstown $51,930 Peoria $51,790 Blacksburg $51,620 Vallejo $51,530 San Diego $51,260 Santa Rosa $50,810 Santa Cruz $50,620 Decatur $49,960 Elizabethtown $49,780 Erie $49,660 Elkhart $49,540 Bellingham $49,180 Los Angeles $48,930 Yuba City $48,900 Allentown $48,750 Portland $48,720 Louisville $48,670 Merced $48,640 Santa Maria $48,610 Redding $48,570 Kennewick $48,290 Bend $48,200 Corvallis $48,170 Midland $48,000 Lynchburg $47,740 Longview $47,650 Sacramento $47,520 Napa $47,500 Rockford $47,260 Spokane $47,230 Walla Walla $47,130 Lancaster $47,110 Staunton $46,970 Buffalo $46,880 Kingston $46,860 San Antonio $46,820 Battle Creek $46,710 Panama City $46,590 Oxnard $46,580 Virginia Beach $46,500 El Centro $46,460 Syracuse $46,450 Salinas $46,440 Columbus $46,400 Stockton $46,370 Pittsburgh $46,320 San Luis Obispo $46,280 Grants Pass $46,230 Modesto $46,190 Albany $46,180 Elmira $46,150 Eugene $46,070 State College $46,070 Chicago $46,020 Yakima $46,010 Baltimore $45,980 Wenatchee $45,930 Dover $45,920 Odessa $45,880 Olympia $45,880 Salem $45,850 Albany $45,830 Bakersfield $45,300 Roanoke $45,200 Medford $45,010 Kiryas Joel $44,980 Riverside $44,970 Gettysburg $44,800 Port St. Lucie $44,780 Rochester $44,740 Fresno $44,700 Lexington Park $44,590 Philadelphia $44,560 Utica $44,550 York $44,540 Atlantic City $44,530 Reading $44,500 Sebastian $44,450 Indianapolis $44,400 Johnstown $44,380 Bowling Green $44,240 Monroe $44,210 New York $44,130 Charlottesville $43,810 Sarasota $43,670 Jackson $43,650 Michigan City $43,610 Lebanon $43,580 Chambersburg $43,570 Chico $43,540 Weirton $43,430 Visalia $43,400 Jacksonville $43,170 Muncie $43,150 Terre Haute $43,130 Harrisburg $43,120 Muskegon $43,040 Springfield $42,890 Tyler $42,800 Champaign $42,750 Crestview $42,650 Dallas $42,650 Grand Rapids $42,590 Deltona $42,520 Abilene $42,490 Richmond $42,490 Saginaw $42,390 Beckley $42,350 Kankakee $42,260 Fort Myers $42,140 Pensacola $42,130 Ann Arbor $42,110 Williamsport $42,100 Austin $42,040 Morgantown $41,960 Naples $41,950 Palm Bay $41,940 Kalamazoo $41,900 Glens Falls $41,880 Amarillo $41,650 Scranton $41,650 Watertown $41,500 Beaumont $41,490 Kokomo $41,350 Binghamton $41,290 Bloomington $41,190 Traverse City $41,170 Victoria $40,840 Miami $40,820 Tampa $40,820 Niles $40,800 South Bend $40,770 Gainesville $40,750 Orlando $40,720 Tallahassee $40,710 Houston $40,660 Bay City $40,650 Parkersburg $40,370 Corpus Christi $40,240 Longview $40,200 Waco $40,070 Ocala $39,960 Lakeland $39,840 Evansville $39,780 Winchester $39,670 Trenton $39,570 Owensboro $39,490 Paducah $39,450 San Angelo $39,280 Charleston $39,220 Sherman $39,110 Vineland $39,050 Wildwood $38,780 Wheeling $38,720 Huntington $38,670 Homosassa Springs $38,530 Altoona $38,510 College Station $38,500 Salisbury $38,480 Killeen $37,310 Sebring $37,300 Wichita Falls $37,010 Lubbock $36,980 Texarkana $36,710 Brownsville $36,030 El Paso $34,460 Laredo $32,790 McAllen $31,570 Eagle Pass $28,500
CityMean salaryvs. Kankakee
Abilene, Texas$42,490+0.5%
Albany, Oregon$46,180+9.3%
Albany, New York$45,830+8.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$48,750+15.4%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$38,510-8.9%
Amarillo, Texas$41,650-1.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$42,110-0.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$44,530+5.4%
Austin, Texas$42,040-0.5%
Bakersfield, California$45,300+7.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$45,980+8.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$46,710+10.5%
Bay City, Michigan$40,650-3.8%
Beaumont, Texas$41,490-1.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$42,350+0.2%
Bellingham, Washington$49,180+16.4%
Bend, Oregon$48,200+14.1%
Binghamton, New York$41,290-2.3%
Blacksburg, Virginia$51,620+22.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$53,670+27.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$41,190-2.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$44,240+4.7%
Bremerton, Washington$53,620+26.9%
Brownsville, Texas$36,030-14.7%
Buffalo, New York$46,880+10.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$42,140-0.3%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$43,570+3.1%
Champaign, Illinois$42,750+1.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$39,220-7.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$43,810+3.7%
Chicago, Illinois$46,020+8.9%
Chico, California$43,540+3.0%
College Station, Texas$38,500-8.9%
Columbus, Indiana$46,400+9.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$40,240-4.8%
Corvallis, Oregon$48,170+14.0%
Crestview, Florida$42,650+0.9%
Dallas, Texas$42,650+0.9%
Decatur, Illinois$49,960+18.2%
Deltona, Florida$42,520+0.6%
Detroit, Michigan$56,600+33.9%
Dover, Delaware$45,920+8.7%
Eagle Pass, Texas$28,500-32.6%
El Centro, California$46,460+9.9%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$49,780+17.8%
Elkhart, Indiana$49,540+17.2%
Elmira, New York$46,150+9.2%
El Paso, Texas$34,460-18.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$49,660+17.5%
Eugene, Oregon$46,070+9.0%
Evansville, Indiana$39,780-5.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$56,220+33.0%
Fresno, California$44,700+5.8%
Gainesville, Florida$40,750-3.6%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$44,800+6.0%
Glens Falls, New York$41,880-0.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$42,590+0.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$46,230+9.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$51,930+22.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$43,120+2.0%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$53,320+26.2%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$38,530-8.8%
Houston, Texas$40,660-3.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$38,670-8.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$44,400+5.1%
Jackson, Michigan$43,650+3.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$43,170+2.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$44,380+5.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$41,900-0.9%
Kennewick, Washington$48,290+14.3%
Killeen, Texas$37,310-11.7%
Kingston, New York$46,860+10.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$44,980+6.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$41,350-2.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$56,230+33.1%
Lakeland, Florida$39,840-5.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$47,110+11.5%
Lansing, Michigan$57,160+35.3%
Laredo, Texas$32,790-22.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$43,580+3.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$62,470+47.8%
Lexington Park, Maryland$44,590+5.5%
Longview, Texas$40,200-4.9%
Longview, Washington$47,650+12.8%
Los Angeles, California$48,930+15.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$48,670+15.2%
Lubbock, Texas$36,980-12.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$47,740+13.0%
McAllen, Texas$31,570-25.3%
Medford, Oregon$45,010+6.5%
Merced, California$48,640+15.1%
Miami, Florida$40,820-3.4%
Michigan City, Indiana$43,610+3.2%
Midland, Texas$48,000+13.6%
Modesto, California$46,190+9.3%
Monroe, Michigan$44,210+4.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$41,960-0.7%
Mount Vernon, Washington$52,590+24.4%
Muncie, Indiana$43,150+2.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$43,040+1.8%
Napa, California$47,500+12.4%
Naples, Florida$41,950-0.7%
New York, New York$44,130+4.4%
Niles, Michigan$40,800-3.5%
Sarasota, Florida$43,670+3.3%
Ocala, Florida$39,960-5.4%
Odessa, Texas$45,880+8.6%
Olympia, Washington$45,880+8.6%
Orlando, Florida$40,720-3.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$39,490-6.6%
Oxnard, California$46,580+10.2%
Paducah, Kentucky$39,450-6.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$41,940-0.8%
Panama City, Florida$46,590+10.2%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$40,370-4.5%
Pensacola, Florida$42,130-0.3%
Peoria, Illinois$51,790+22.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$44,560+5.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$46,320+9.6%
Portland, Oregon$48,720+15.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$44,780+6.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$44,500+5.3%
Redding, California$48,570+14.9%
Richmond, Virginia$42,490+0.5%
Riverside, California$44,970+6.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$45,200+7.0%
Rochester, New York$44,740+5.9%
Rockford, Illinois$47,260+11.8%
Sacramento, California$47,520+12.4%
Saginaw, Michigan$42,390+0.3%
Salem, Oregon$45,850+8.5%
Salinas, California$46,440+9.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$38,480-8.9%
San Angelo, Texas$39,280-7.1%
San Antonio, Texas$46,820+10.8%
San Diego, California$51,260+21.3%
San Francisco, California$61,560+45.7%
San Jose, California$57,150+35.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$46,280+9.5%
Santa Cruz, California$50,620+19.8%
Santa Maria, California$48,610+15.0%
Santa Rosa, California$50,810+20.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$41,650-1.4%
Seattle, Washington$53,410+26.4%
Sebastian, Florida$44,450+5.2%
Sebring, Florida$37,300-11.7%
Sherman, Texas$39,110-7.5%
South Bend, Indiana$40,770-3.5%
Spokane, Washington$47,230+11.8%
Springfield, Illinois$42,890+1.5%
State College, Pennsylvania$46,070+9.0%
Staunton, Virginia$46,970+11.1%
Stockton, California$46,370+9.7%
Syracuse, New York$46,450+9.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$40,710-3.7%
Tampa, Florida$40,820-3.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$43,130+2.1%
Texarkana, Texas$36,710-13.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$41,170-2.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$39,570-6.4%
Tyler, Texas$42,800+1.3%
Utica, New York$44,550+5.4%
Vallejo, California$51,530+21.9%
Victoria, Texas$40,840-3.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$39,050-7.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$46,500+10.0%
Visalia, California$43,400+2.7%
Waco, Texas$40,070-5.2%
Walla Walla, Washington$47,130+11.5%
Watertown, New York$41,500-1.8%
Weirton, West Virginia$43,430+2.8%
Wenatchee, Washington$45,930+8.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$38,720-8.4%
Wichita Falls, Texas$37,010-12.4%
Wildwood, Florida$38,780-8.2%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$42,100-0.4%
Winchester, Virginia$39,670-6.1%
Yakima, Washington$46,010+8.9%
York, Pennsylvania$44,540+5.4%
Yuba City, California$48,900+15.7%
Gross salary
42,260/yr
Estimated take-home
34,185/yr
Est. total withheld
19.1%

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 51-2090 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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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
106,833