Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,145
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$10,015
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,610
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
$50,160
Kept after tax
$40,145
Worth in national money
$40,610
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $50,160, which ranks 9 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.46% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 317 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $50,160 the take-home is $40,145, which is worth about $40,610 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $53,650, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois ranks 9 of 49 states publishing a median for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, at $50,160 — about 7.46% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 317 of 494 in Illinois places cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 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.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters on its $50,160 median: $40,145 retained after tax becomes $40,610 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $53,650 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,330 |
| This salary | $50,160 |
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 | $40,145 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,484 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,108 |
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 | $47,250 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,759 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in Illinois earn under $50,160 and half over. The published range runs $36,360 at the tenth percentile to $71,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $40,145, from $50,160, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 317 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,610, the adjusted value of that $50,160 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 317 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,360 to $71,330; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,145 from $50,160. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 317 of 494 locally.
- This $40,610 adjusted figure, worked from $50,160, 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 317 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 317 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 $53,650, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $36,360 at the bottom tenth to $71,330 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $40,610.
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 $40,145 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $53,650. 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 ($36,360 to $71,330) 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 $40,610 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 $40,145 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.