How much do Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters, the published 10th percentile is $46,020 and the 90th percentile is $68,580. The difference is $22,560, which is 33.0% 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 $58,240 to the 75th at $68,580, covers $10,340.

The mean annual wage is $62,340, which sits below the median of $68,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 33% higher than the national median of $51,330 for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $65,911, which is 28.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.3% higher than the Illinois median of $55,380.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Illinois, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $68,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters at $65,911 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 1st of 22 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).).

• Niles, MI is 57 miles away, with a median of $45,270 and employment of 50. That median is 33.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,009, against $65,911 here.
• Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI is 71 miles away, with a median of $55,940 and employment of 40. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,295, against $65,911 here.
• Rockford, IL is 73 miles away, with a median of $48,310 and employment of 100. That median is 29.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,423, against $65,911 here.

Employment share

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (2,290 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,360 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.51 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.