How much do Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Springfield, IL?

Percentile spread

For Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $43,490 and the 90th percentile is $79,390. The difference is $35,900, which is 60.3% 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 $48,430 to the 75th at $62,310, covers $13,880.

The mean annual wage is $58,050, which sits below the median of $59,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, IL median is 21.5% higher than the national median of $48,990 for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,187, which is 31% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.1% higher than the Illinois median of $53,560.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, IL is 92.745, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $64,187 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Springfield, IL ranks 1st of 17 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).).

• Peoria, IL is 67 miles away, with a median of $51,900 and employment of 200. That median is 12.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,889, against $64,187 here.
• Champaign-Urbana, IL is 79 miles away, with a median of $48,790 and employment of 100. That median is 18% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,630, against $64,187 here.
• St. Louis, MO-IL is 83 miles away, with a median of $50,360 and employment of 1,050. That median is 15.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,961, against $64,187 here.

Employment share

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, IL (40 of 100,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.65 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.