Tool and Die Makers · SOC 51-4111
Tool and Die Makers Salary in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Tool and Die Makers in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $62,610 per year ($30.10 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,510 at the 10th percentile to $80,850 at the 90th. BLS estimates 120 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Tool and Die Makers in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earn more than $62,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $54,410 and $73,910.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $43,510 | $54,410 | $62,610 | $73,910 | $80,850 |
| Hourly | $20.92 | $26.16 | $30.10 | $35.53 | $38.87 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,610 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $54,410 to $73,910
- Illinoisstate$61,170 median for Illinois; middle half earns $47,030 to $74,560
- United Statesnational$64,050 median for United States; middle half earns $51,490 to $78,770
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Illinois overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Illinois
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for tool and die makers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan areathis page$62,610 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $54,410 to $73,910
- $64,410 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $46,310 to $76,490
- $64,320 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $47,930 to $77,960
- $62,950 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $52,250 to $78,900
- $61,180 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $47,150 to $74,720
- $58,000 median for Champaign metro area; middle half earns $47,780 to $73,810
- $52,900 median for Rockford metro area; middle half earns $44,960 to $64,260
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for tool and die makerss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.