Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,806
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$25,854
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,673
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
$100,660
Kept after tax
$74,806
Worth in national money
$75,673
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $100,660, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 4.21% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, this job comes in at 74 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $100,660, take-home of $74,806 is worth roughly $75,673 in national money. The average lands at $98,730, below the middle of the range.
- Illinois ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for diagnostic medical sonographers, at $100,660 — about 4.21% 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.
- Diagnostic medical sonographers ranks 74 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.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for diagnostic medical sonographers, whose median is $100,660, the adjusted figure of $75,673 differs little from $74,806 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $98,730 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,680 |
| This salary | $100,660 |
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 | $74,806 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,644 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,287 |
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 | $93,783 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,684 |
| 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 $100,660. The published range is $78,350 up to $122,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $74,806, from $100,660, 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 74 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $75,673, the adjusted value of that $100,660 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 74 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for diagnostic medical sonographers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,350 to $122,680. 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 $74,806 from $100,660. 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 74 of 494 locally.
- This $75,673 adjusted figure, worked from $100,660, 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 74 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 74 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $78,350 at the tenth percentile, $122,680 at the ninetieth.
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 $75,673.
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 $74,806.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,350 to $122,680) 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 $75,673 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 $74,806 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.