How much do Mechanical Engineers make in Champaign-Urbana, IL?

Percentile spread

For Mechanical Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $65,870 and the 90th percentile is $142,400. The difference is $76,530, which is 75.7% 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 $81,590 to the 75th at $125,290, covers $43,700.

The mean annual wage is $102,530, which sits above the median of $101,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Champaign-Urbana, IL median is 2.9% lower than the national median of $104,110 for Mechanical Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $109,046, which is 4.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% lower than the Illinois median of $102,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Champaign-Urbana, IL is 92.704, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $101,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mechanical Engineers at $109,046 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mechanical Engineers. Champaign-Urbana, IL ranks 8th of 30 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).).

• Bloomington, IL is 34 miles away, with a median of $100,500 and employment of 100. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $107,444, against $109,046 here.
• Kankakee, IL is 67 miles away, with a median of $81,840 and employment of 40. That median is 19% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,902, against $109,046 here.
• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 70 miles away, with a median of $100,690 and employment of 510. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $107,771, against $109,046 here.

Employment share

Mechanical Engineers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Champaign-Urbana, IL (150 of 105,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.19% of employment (296,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 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.