Dishwashers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,605
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$6,575
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,947
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
$36,180
Kept after tax
$29,605
Worth in national money
$29,947
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for dishwashers. The middle earner takes $36,180, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.94% above the national middle.
- Against 494 occupations Illinois publishes, dishwashers lands at 466. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $36,180, tax leaves $29,605, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $29,947 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $36,340, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for dishwashers, at $36,180 — about 3.94% 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.
- Within Illinois, this work ranks 466 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for dishwashers — median $36,180 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $29,605 retained, $29,947 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $36,340 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dishwashers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,270 |
| This salary | $36,180 |
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 | $29,605 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,251 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,212 |
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 | $34,131 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,675 |
| 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 $36,180. The published range is $31,200 up to $42,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $29,605, worked from $36,180. 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 466 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,947, the adjusted value of that $36,180 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 466 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dishwashers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $42,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Illinois take-home of $29,605, on $36,180 for work ranking 466 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 466 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $29,947 — the adjusted value of that $36,180 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 466 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $42,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Illinois is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $29,947 in national terms.
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, $29,605 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $42,270) 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 $29,947 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 $29,605 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.