Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,898
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$20,612
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,650
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
$85,510
Kept after tax
$64,898
Worth in national money
$65,650
State rank
11
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 $85,510, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.36% above the national middle.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 114 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $85,510, take-home of $64,898 is worth roughly $65,650 in national money. The average comes to $86,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, at $85,510 — about 9.36% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians sits 114 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, whose median is $85,510, the adjusted figure of $65,650 differs little from $64,898 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $86,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,900 |
| This salary | $85,510 |
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 | $64,898 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,986 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,342 |
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 | $79,699 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,379 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $85,510 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,960 and the ninetieth is $120,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,898 take-home in Illinois comes from $85,510. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 114 of 494.
- Two cautions on $65,650, the adjusted value of that $85,510 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 114 of 494 locally.
- The Illinois median of $85,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,960 to $120,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $64,898, from $85,510, assumes a single Illinois filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 114 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- This $65,650 adjusted figure, worked from $85,510, 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 114 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 114 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $56,960 and the top tenth $120,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,650 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 $64,898 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($56,960) and the ninetieth ($120,900) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $65,650 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 $64,898 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.