Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters in Chicago, Illinois earns $62,340 a year.

$62,340 / year, mean
↑ 13.9% above national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Chicago sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for structural metal fabricators and fitters. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,290
Estimate confidence
RSE 5.1%
Cost of living 104 #31 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 $353,998 #78 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $88,850 #28 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Chicago ranks #31 for cost of living and #78 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.

Albany $71,610 Bremerton $70,180 Seattle $69,660 San Francisco $69,440 Portland $66,730 Mount Vernon $65,660 Spokane $65,290 San Diego $64,830 Salem $64,180 Chicago $62,340 Evansville $62,320 Virginia Beach $61,560 Utica $60,910 Muncie $59,490 Kalamazoo $58,730 Vallejo $58,330 Austin $57,640 New York $57,040 Louisville $56,770 Winchester $56,760 Los Angeles $56,600 Syracuse $56,020 Philadelphia $55,980 Reading $55,430 Indianapolis $55,410 Richmond $55,320 Harrisburg $55,180 Pittsburgh $55,030 Fort Wayne $55,020 Detroit $54,930 Sacramento $54,860 Stockton $54,820 Lynchburg $54,300 Bakersfield $53,950 York $53,950 Beaumont $53,940 Erie $53,620 Kiryas Joel $53,590 Corpus Christi $53,520 Rockford $52,910 Albany $52,790 San Antonio $52,390 Allentown $52,320 Houston $52,240 Lancaster $52,230 Riverside $51,590 Eugene $51,320 Waco $51,240 Rochester $51,220 Baltimore $51,210 Dallas $51,150 Elkhart $51,020 Lebanon $50,270 Grand Rapids $50,050 Palm Bay $49,820 Port St. Lucie $49,800 Peoria $49,720 Parkersburg $49,380 South Bend $49,260 Orlando $48,840 Terre Haute $48,630 Niles $48,460 Miami $48,450 Fort Myers $47,980 Longview $47,940 Jacksonville $47,870 San Angelo $47,830 Saginaw $46,980 Sarasota $46,940 Tampa $46,430 Brownsville $45,140 Ocala $44,790 Pensacola $44,690 Kokomo $44,640 Deltona $43,840 Lakeland $43,540 El Paso $42,850 McAllen $39,770 Panama City $32,480
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Albany, Oregon$71,610+14.9%
Albany, New York$52,790-15.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$52,320-16.1%
Austin, Texas$57,640-7.5%
Bakersfield, California$53,950-13.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$51,210-17.9%
Beaumont, Texas$53,940-13.5%
Bremerton, Washington$70,180+12.6%
Brownsville, Texas$45,140-27.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$47,980-23.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$53,520-14.1%
Dallas, Texas$51,150-17.9%
Deltona, Florida$43,840-29.7%
Detroit, Michigan$54,930-11.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$51,020-18.2%
El Paso, Texas$42,850-31.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$53,620-14.0%
Eugene, Oregon$51,320-17.7%
Evansville, Indiana$62,320-0.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$55,020-11.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$50,050-19.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$55,180-11.5%
Houston, Texas$52,240-16.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$55,410-11.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$47,870-23.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$58,730-5.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$53,590-14.0%
Kokomo, Indiana$44,640-28.4%
Lakeland, Florida$43,540-30.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$52,230-16.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$50,270-19.4%
Longview, Texas$47,940-23.1%
Los Angeles, California$56,600-9.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$56,770-8.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$54,300-12.9%
McAllen, Texas$39,770-36.2%
Miami, Florida$48,450-22.3%
Mount Vernon, Washington$65,660+5.3%
Muncie, Indiana$59,490-4.6%
New York, New York$57,040-8.5%
Niles, Michigan$48,460-22.3%
Sarasota, Florida$46,940-24.7%
Ocala, Florida$44,790-28.2%
Orlando, Florida$48,840-21.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$49,820-20.1%
Panama City, Florida$32,480-47.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$49,380-20.8%
Pensacola, Florida$44,690-28.3%
Peoria, Illinois$49,720-20.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$55,980-10.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$55,030-11.7%
Portland, Oregon$66,730+7.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$49,800-20.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$55,430-11.1%
Richmond, Virginia$55,320-11.3%
Riverside, California$51,590-17.2%
Rochester, New York$51,220-17.8%
Rockford, Illinois$52,910-15.1%
Sacramento, California$54,860-12.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$46,980-24.6%
Salem, Oregon$64,180+3.0%
San Angelo, Texas$47,830-23.3%
San Antonio, Texas$52,390-16.0%
San Diego, California$64,830+4.0%
San Francisco, California$69,440+11.4%
Seattle, Washington$69,660+11.7%
South Bend, Indiana$49,260-21.0%
Spokane, Washington$65,290+4.7%
Stockton, California$54,820-12.1%
Syracuse, New York$56,020-10.1%
Tampa, Florida$46,430-25.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$48,630-22.0%
Utica, New York$60,910-2.3%
Vallejo, California$58,330-6.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$61,560-1.3%
Waco, Texas$51,240-17.8%
Winchester, Virginia$56,760-9.0%
York, Pennsylvania$53,950-13.5%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
62,340/yr
Estimated take-home
49,325/yr
Est. total withheld
20.9%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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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 51-2041 SOC code
Official area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
NapervilleElgin
Multi-state area: IL;IN
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)
9,359,555