Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,677
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$8,883
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,102
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
$45,560
Kept after tax
$36,677
Worth in national money
$37,102
State rank
35
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $45,560, ranking 35 of 48 states — about 3.98% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Illinois, this one sits low: 391 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,560 the take-home is $36,677, which is worth about $37,102 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $46,020, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois ranks 35 of 48 for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers, with a median of $45,560 — about 3.98% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers occupies position 391 of 494 in Illinois's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers on its $45,560 median: $36,677 retained after tax becomes $37,102 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $46,020 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,000 |
| This salary | $45,560 |
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 | $36,677 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,787 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,813 |
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 | $42,933 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,402 |
| 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 $45,560. The published range is $31,200 up to $58,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $36,677, from $45,560, 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 391 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $37,102, the adjusted value of that $45,560 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 391 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $58,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,677 from $45,560. 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 391 of 494 locally.
- This $37,102 adjusted figure, worked from $45,560, 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 391 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 391 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $58,000 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Illinois sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $37,102 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $36,677 remains.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $58,000) 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 $37,102 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 $36,677 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.