How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Kankakee, IL?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $48,040. The difference is $16,840, which is 45.4% 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 $31,200 to the 75th at $45,270, covers $14,070.

The mean annual wage is $39,270, which sits above the median of $37,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kankakee, IL median is 7.8% lower than the national median of $40,240 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,498, which is 4.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.5% lower than the Illinois median of $40,550.

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 $37,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $38,498 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Kankakee, IL ranks 33rd of 37 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 $40,550 and employment of 157,920. That median is 9.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,143, against $38,498 here.
• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 63 miles away, with a median of $37,310 and employment of 2,470. That median is 0.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,934, against $38,498 here.
• Michigan City-La Porte, IN is 64 miles away, with a median of $37,820 and employment of 870. That median is 1.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,251, against $38,498 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 2.8% of wage-and-salary employment in Kankakee, IL (1,190 of 42,340). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.48 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.