Machinists
Kankakee, IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 100.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of machinists in Kankakee earn more.
$47,930 in Kankakee buys what $49,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Kankakee's regional price parity is 96.4 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Illinois
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Kankakee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | $59,520 | $57,500 | 103.6 | +15.5% |
| Springfield | $59,340 | $64,000 | 92.7 | +28.7% |
| Champaign | $58,910 | $63,500 | 92.7 | +27.8% |
| Decatur | $56,980 | $64,400 | 88.4 | +29.6% |
| Peoria | $51,680 | $56,600 | 91.2 | +13.9% |
| Rockford | $49,700 | $53,900 | 92.2 | +8.5% |
| Kankakee This page | $47,930 | $49,700 | 96.4 | — |
Price parity and difference against Kankakee are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay fell 3.3% over the four years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 12.1% — prices rose faster than pay since 2022. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 100 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 51-4041, Machinists. Mapped to our taxonomy as machinists.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.