How much do Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Rockford, IL?

Percentile spread

For Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $37,780 and the 90th percentile is $53,680. The difference is $15,900, which is 34.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,540 to the 75th at $48,560, covers $5,020.

The mean annual wage is $45,930, which sits above the median of $45,900. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rockford, IL median is 1.4% lower than the national median of $46,570 for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,808, which is 7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.7% lower than the Illinois median of $49,740.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rockford, IL is 92.154, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,900 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $49,808 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Rockford, IL ranks 10th of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Madison, WI is 59 miles away, with a median of $46,230 and employment of 70. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,519, against $49,808 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 72 miles away, with a median of $48,040 and employment of 280. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,558, against $49,808 here.
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 73 miles away, with a median of $49,730 and employment of 1,230. That median is 8.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,004, against $49,808 here.

Employment share

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Rockford, IL (50 of 137,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,980 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.26 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.