Audiologists in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,130
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$23,380
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,943
Illinois costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Illinois — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$93,510
Kept after tax
$70,130
Worth in national money
$70,943
State rank
29
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Illinois is 29 of 49 states for audiologists, with a middle wage of $93,510. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, audiologists ranks 101 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $93,510, take-home of $70,130 is worth roughly $70,943 in national money. The average comes to $99,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 29 of 49 for audiologists at $93,510. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, audiologists sits 101 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for audiologists, whose median is $93,510, the adjusted figure of $70,943 differs little from $70,130 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $99,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,380 |
| This salary | $93,510 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Illinois | $70,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,614 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,841 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $87,136 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,068 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,510 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $77,780 and the ninetieth is $131,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $70,130, worked from $93,510. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 101 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,943 uses one figure for the whole of Illinois. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 101.
- The Illinois median of $93,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $77,780 to $131,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Illinois take-home of $70,130, on $93,510 for work ranking 101 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 101 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,943, worked from $93,510, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Illinois address, on work sitting at 101 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $99,730, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,780 at the tenth percentile, $131,380 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Illinois is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $70,943 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Illinois adds its own income tax on top — which is why $70,130 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Illinois is $99,730. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,780 to $131,380) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Illinois rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Illinois's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $70,943 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $70,130 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Illinois income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.