Database Architects in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,756
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$40,744
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,934
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
$142,500
Kept after tax
$101,756
Worth in national money
$102,934
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for database architects. The middle earner takes $142,500, which ranks 10 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 2.15% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, database architects comes in at 17 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $142,500, tax leaves $101,756, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $102,934 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $144,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois ranks 10 of 46 states publishing a median for database architects, at $142,500 — about 2.15% 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.
- Database architects ranks 17 of 494 occupations by median in Illinois, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for database architects — median $142,500 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $101,756 retained, $102,934 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $144,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $97,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $142,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $193,950 |
| This salary | $142,500 |
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 | $101,756 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $108,665 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,889 |
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 | $132,392 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,638 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $142,500 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $97,820 and the ninetieth is $193,950 — 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 $101,756, worked from $142,500. 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 17 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $102,934, the adjusted value of that $142,500 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 17 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $142,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $97,820 to $193,950. 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 $101,756, on $142,500 for work ranking 17 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 17 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $102,934 — the adjusted value of that $142,500 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 17 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $97,820 and the top tenth $193,950, so most people doing this work in Illinois sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $102,934 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Illinois then takes its own share, leaving $101,756.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($97,820 to $193,950) 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 $102,934 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 $101,756 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.