Printing Press Operators Salary — Champaign, Illinois

The average Printing Press Operators in Champaign, Illinois earns $45,600 a year.

$45,600 / year, mean
↓ 5.1% below national average 43th percentile in Illinois

Champaign sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Illinois — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for printing press operators — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
130
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.7%
Cost of living 93 #132 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 $237,290 #139 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $64,558 #141 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Champaign ranks #132 for cost of living and #139 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.

Staunton $56,800 Napa $56,790 Seattle $56,140 Harrisonburg $56,100 Trenton $55,500 San Francisco $55,300 New York $54,840 Winchester $52,870 Olympia $52,740 Santa Rosa $52,610 Portland $52,480 Evansville $51,680 Hagerstown $51,590 Dallas $51,270 Louisville $51,190 Philadelphia $51,130 Modesto $50,860 Lancaster $50,720 Gettysburg $50,640 Bellingham $50,600 Kiryas Joel $50,240 Visalia $50,140 Rochester $49,920 Glens Falls $49,900 Baltimore $49,790 Lexington $49,770 Albany $49,650 Chicago $49,520 Naples $49,470 San Jose $49,460 Syracuse $49,210 Chico $49,130 Scranton $49,000 Detroit $48,940 York $48,940 Kalamazoo $48,840 Lebanon $48,790 Salem $48,770 Spokane $48,690 Fresno $48,610 San Diego $48,530 Sacramento $48,500 Decatur $48,470 Oxnard $48,460 Buffalo $48,340 Reading $48,120 Wichita Falls $48,070 Yakima $48,060 Kennewick $47,860 Atlantic City $47,680 Merced $47,600 Bend $47,540 Stockton $47,510 Indianapolis $47,500 Los Angeles $47,430 Santa Cruz $47,410 Fort Wayne $47,400 Williamsport $47,370 Allentown $47,320 Rockford $47,120 Chambersburg $47,040 Longview $46,990 Ann Arbor $46,740 Riverside $46,720 Elkhart $46,550 Terre Haute $46,500 Roanoke $46,420 Santa Maria $46,420 Lakeland $46,390 Vallejo $46,390 Lansing $46,260 Medford $46,260 San Luis Obispo $46,250 Lynchburg $46,200 Harrisburg $46,120 Battle Creek $45,940 Pittsburgh $45,880 Altoona $45,760 Peoria $45,640 Champaign $45,600 Utica $45,270 Grand Rapids $45,210 Jacksonville $45,140 South Bend $45,140 Port St. Lucie $45,060 Bowling Green $44,970 Richmond $44,830 Punta Gorda $44,810 Paducah $44,650 Fort Myers $44,640 Sarasota $44,600 Eugene $44,460 Lafayette $44,450 Traverse City $44,420 Austin $44,340 Bakersfield $44,340 Charlottesville $44,090 Niles $43,610 Midland $43,570 Sebastian $43,310 Virginia Beach $43,180 Bloomington $43,080 Elmira $43,040 Kingston $43,020 Bloomington $42,970 Miami $42,960 Muskegon $42,940 Crestview $42,780 Orlando $42,730 Houston $42,550 Palm Bay $42,370 Binghamton $42,180 Pensacola $42,060 Tampa $41,790 Flint $41,780 Deltona $41,730 Amarillo $41,600 San Antonio $41,580 Gainesville $41,430 Waco $41,420 Beaumont $41,350 Longview $41,290 Erie $40,970 Springfield $40,770 Weirton $40,450 Ocala $40,320 Killeen $39,420 Corpus Christi $39,050 Panama City $38,810 Muncie $38,730 Tallahassee $38,510 Charleston $38,280 El Paso $38,270 Odessa $38,180 Lubbock $37,950 Tyler $37,940 Johnstown $37,140 McAllen $37,080 College Station $37,070 Abilene $37,040 San Angelo $36,390 Huntington $35,840 Saginaw $34,240 Brownsville $33,940
CityMean salaryvs. Champaign
Abilene, Texas$37,040-18.8%
Albany, New York$49,650+8.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$47,320+3.8%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$45,760+0.4%
Amarillo, Texas$41,600-8.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$46,740+2.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$47,680+4.6%
Austin, Texas$44,340-2.8%
Bakersfield, California$44,340-2.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$49,790+9.2%
Battle Creek, Michigan$45,940+0.7%
Beaumont, Texas$41,350-9.3%
Bellingham, Washington$50,600+11.0%
Bend, Oregon$47,540+4.3%
Binghamton, New York$42,180-7.5%
Bloomington, Illinois$42,970-5.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$43,080-5.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$44,970-1.4%
Brownsville, Texas$33,940-25.6%
Buffalo, New York$48,340+6.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$44,640-2.1%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$47,040+3.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$38,280-16.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$44,090-3.3%
Chicago, Illinois$49,520+8.6%
Chico, California$49,130+7.7%
College Station, Texas$37,070-18.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$39,050-14.4%
Crestview, Florida$42,780-6.2%
Dallas, Texas$51,270+12.4%
Decatur, Illinois$48,470+6.3%
Deltona, Florida$41,730-8.5%
Detroit, Michigan$48,940+7.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$46,550+2.1%
Elmira, New York$43,040-5.6%
El Paso, Texas$38,270-16.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$40,970-10.2%
Eugene, Oregon$44,460-2.5%
Evansville, Indiana$51,680+13.3%
Flint, Michigan$41,780-8.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,400+3.9%
Fresno, California$48,610+6.6%
Gainesville, Florida$41,430-9.1%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$50,640+11.1%
Glens Falls, New York$49,900+9.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$45,210-0.9%
Hagerstown, Maryland$51,590+13.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$46,120+1.1%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$56,100+23.0%
Houston, Texas$42,550-6.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$35,840-21.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$47,500+4.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$45,140-1.0%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$37,140-18.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$48,840+7.1%
Kennewick, Washington$47,860+5.0%
Killeen, Texas$39,420-13.6%
Kingston, New York$43,020-5.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$50,240+10.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$44,450-2.5%
Lakeland, Florida$46,390+1.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$50,720+11.2%
Lansing, Michigan$46,260+1.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$48,790+7.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$49,770+9.1%
Longview, Texas$41,290-9.5%
Longview, Washington$46,990+3.0%
Los Angeles, California$47,430+4.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$51,190+12.3%
Lubbock, Texas$37,950-16.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$46,200+1.3%
McAllen, Texas$37,080-18.7%
Medford, Oregon$46,260+1.4%
Merced, California$47,600+4.4%
Miami, Florida$42,960-5.8%
Midland, Michigan$43,570-4.5%
Modesto, California$50,860+11.5%
Muncie, Indiana$38,730-15.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$42,940-5.8%
Napa, California$56,790+24.5%
Naples, Florida$49,470+8.5%
New York, New York$54,840+20.3%
Niles, Michigan$43,610-4.4%
Sarasota, Florida$44,600-2.2%
Ocala, Florida$40,320-11.6%
Odessa, Texas$38,180-16.3%
Olympia, Washington$52,740+15.7%
Orlando, Florida$42,730-6.3%
Oxnard, California$48,460+6.3%
Paducah, Kentucky$44,650-2.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$42,370-7.1%
Panama City, Florida$38,810-14.9%
Pensacola, Florida$42,060-7.8%
Peoria, Illinois$45,640+0.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$51,130+12.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$45,880+0.6%
Portland, Oregon$52,480+15.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$45,060-1.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$44,810-1.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$48,120+5.5%
Richmond, Virginia$44,830-1.7%
Riverside, California$46,720+2.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$46,420+1.8%
Rochester, New York$49,920+9.5%
Rockford, Illinois$47,120+3.3%
Sacramento, California$48,500+6.4%
Saginaw, Michigan$34,240-24.9%
Salem, Oregon$48,770+7.0%
San Angelo, Texas$36,390-20.2%
San Antonio, Texas$41,580-8.8%
San Diego, California$48,530+6.4%
San Francisco, California$55,300+21.3%
San Jose, California$49,460+8.5%
San Luis Obispo, California$46,250+1.4%
Santa Cruz, California$47,410+4.0%
Santa Maria, California$46,420+1.8%
Santa Rosa, California$52,610+15.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$49,000+7.5%
Seattle, Washington$56,140+23.1%
Sebastian, Florida$43,310-5.0%
South Bend, Indiana$45,140-1.0%
Spokane, Washington$48,690+6.8%
Springfield, Illinois$40,770-10.6%
Staunton, Virginia$56,800+24.6%
Stockton, California$47,510+4.2%
Syracuse, New York$49,210+7.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$38,510-15.5%
Tampa, Florida$41,790-8.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$46,500+2.0%
Traverse City, Michigan$44,420-2.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$55,500+21.7%
Tyler, Texas$37,940-16.8%
Utica, New York$45,270-0.7%
Vallejo, California$46,390+1.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$43,180-5.3%
Visalia, California$50,140+10.0%
Waco, Texas$41,420-9.2%
Weirton, West Virginia$40,450-11.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$48,070+5.4%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$47,370+3.9%
Winchester, Virginia$52,870+15.9%
Yakima, Washington$48,060+5.4%
York, Pennsylvania$48,940+7.3%
Gross salary
45,600/yr
Estimated take-home
36,703/yr
Est. total withheld
19.5%

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 51-5112 SOC code
Official area Champaign-Urbana, IL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16580 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Urbana
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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Where this is

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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
236,196