Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,165
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,695
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,619
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
$48,860
Kept after tax
$39,165
Worth in national money
$39,619
State rank
14
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $48,860, putting the state 14 of 45 — about 2.58% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 338 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $48,860, take-home of $39,165 is worth roughly $39,619 in national money. The average comes to $53,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For automotive glass installers and repairers, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,860, ranking 14 of 45 and running about 2.58% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 338 of 494 in Illinois places automotive glass installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for automotive glass installers and repairers, whose median is $48,860, the adjusted figure of $39,619 differs little from $39,165 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $53,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,760 |
| This salary | $48,860 |
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 | $39,165 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,439 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,025 |
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 | $46,030 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,658 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,860 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,390 and the ninetieth is $77,760 — 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 $39,165, worked from $48,860. 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 338 of 494.
- Two cautions on $39,619, the adjusted value of that $48,860 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Illinois. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 338 of 494 locally.
- The Illinois median of $48,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,390 to $77,760. 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 $39,165, on $48,860 for work ranking 338 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 338 of 494 in the state.
- This $39,619 adjusted figure, worked from $48,860, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 338 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 338 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $53,420 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,390 and the top tenth $77,760 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $39,619.
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 $39,165 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $53,420. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,390) and the ninetieth ($77,760) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $39,619 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 $39,165 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.