Budget Analysts in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,026
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$23,854
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,849
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
$94,880
Kept after tax
$71,026
Worth in national money
$71,849
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays budget analysts a middle wage of $94,880, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 3.54% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Illinois. It ranks 99 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $94,880, take-home of $71,026 is worth roughly $71,849 in national money. The average lands at $94,430, below the middle of the range.
- Illinois's median for budget analysts is $94,880, about 3.54% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Illinois, budget analysts ranks 99 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for budget analysts, whose median is $94,880, the adjusted figure of $71,849 differs little from $71,026 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $94,430 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,380 |
| This salary | $94,880 |
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 | $71,026 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,578 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,926 |
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 | $88,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,186 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Illinois earn less than $94,880. The published range is $59,300 up to $132,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $71,026 take-home in Illinois comes from $94,880. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 99 of 494.
- Two cautions on $71,849, the adjusted value of that $94,880 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 99 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for budget analysts in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,300 to $132,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $71,026, from $94,880, assumes a single Illinois filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 99 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $71,849 adjusted figure, worked from $94,880, 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 99 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 99 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $59,300, the highest tenth $132,380, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $71,849.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Illinois's own levy, $71,026 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($59,300) and the ninetieth ($132,380) 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 $71,849 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 $71,026 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.