How much do Food Batchmakers make in Kankakee, IL?

Percentile spread

For Food Batchmakers, the published 10th percentile is $35,470 and the 90th percentile is $50,790. The difference is $15,320, which is 40.0% 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 $37,200 to the 75th at $47,670, covers $10,470.

The mean annual wage is $42,880, which sits above the median of $38,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kankakee, IL median is 9.5% lower than the national median of $42,290 for Food Batchmakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,702, which is 6.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.5% lower than the Illinois median of $48,130.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kankakee, IL is 96.394, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Batchmakers at $39,702 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Batchmakers. Kankakee, IL ranks 26th of 27 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).).

• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 43 miles away, with a median of $47,660 and employment of 8,490. That median is 24.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,006, against $39,702 here.
• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 63 miles away, with a median of $60,680 and employment of 150. That median is 58.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,947, against $39,702 here.
• Michigan City-La Porte, IN is 64 miles away, with a median of $43,390 and employment of 460. That median is 13.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,327, against $39,702 here.

Employment share

Food Batchmakers accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Kankakee, IL (100 of 42,340). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (174,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.10 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.