Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Illinois
Local pay for plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Illinois, on the same wage scale as the U.S. Growth and openings are national.
SOC 51-4193
$38,620
median pay, Illinois
2,380
employed in Illinois
-12.1%
vs U.S. median
-13.6%
growth, 2024–34 (U.S.)
What plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn in Illinois
Illinois · annual wage · OEWS May 2025
Half of plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Illinois earn between $36,830 and $47,990 a year; the U.S. median is $43,960.
$34,540
P10
$36,830
P25
$38,620
MEDIAN
$47,990
P75
$51,260
P90
Pay by metro in Illinois