High paying production jobs in Springfield, IL

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Springfield, IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Springfield, IL run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, IL salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Springfield, IL · Employed

1Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$117,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,740 – $158,39060
2Power Plant Operators$102,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,340 – $123,53040
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,990 – $112,500220
4Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,490 – $79,39040
5Machinists$59,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $79,56090
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$58,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,160 – $100,06050
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$57,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $73,65040
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $72,290100
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$49,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $62,760120
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $81,090180
11Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$46,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $49,14040
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,700 – $57,870650
13Helpers--Production Workers$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,76040
14Printing Press Operators$37,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $55,19040
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,860
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,16080
16Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,100
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $45,700170
17Bakers$34,540
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $43,300160

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$117,590	$62,740 – $158,390	60
2	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,130	$64,340 – $123,530	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,730	$44,990 – $112,500	220
4	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,530	$43,490 – $79,390	40
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,340	$38,890 – $79,560	90
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,990	$46,160 – $100,060	50
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,200	$37,590 – $73,650	40
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,860	$35,340 – $72,290	100
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,370	$35,170 – $62,760	120
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,410	$36,200 – $81,090	180
11	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,090	$37,060 – $49,140	40
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,130	$32,700 – $57,870	650
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$31,200 – $58,760	40
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,450	$31,200 – $55,190	40
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,860	$31,200 – $47,160	80
16	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,100	$31,200 – $45,700	170
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,540	$31,200 – $43,300	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Springfield, IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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