Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,471
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$12,079
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,010
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
$58,550
Kept after tax
$46,471
Worth in national money
$47,010
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Illinois is 22 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $58,550. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 285 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $58,550, take-home of $46,471 is worth roughly $47,010 in national money. The average comes to $60,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 22 of 50 for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare at $58,550. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 285 of 494 in Illinois places education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare 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.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare, whose median is $58,550, the adjusted figure of $47,010 differs little from $46,471 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $60,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,500 |
| This salary | $58,550 |
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 | $46,471 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,225 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,646 |
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 | $55,123 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,410 |
| 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 $58,550. The published range is $43,700 up to $78,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $46,471, from $58,550, 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 285 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $47,010, the adjusted value of that $58,550 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 285 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,700 to $78,500. 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 $46,471 from $58,550. 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 285 of 494 locally.
- This $47,010 adjusted figure, worked from $58,550, 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 285 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 285 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,700 at the bottom tenth to $78,500 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 $47,010 in national terms.
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 $46,471 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($43,700 to $78,500) 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 $47,010 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 $46,471 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.