Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,685
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$28,435
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,608
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
$108,120
Kept after tax
$79,685
Worth in national money
$80,608
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $108,120, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 13.43% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, this job comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $108,120, take-home of $79,685 is worth roughly $80,608 in national money. The average lands at $107,820, below the middle of the range.
- For electrical power-line installers and repairers, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $108,120, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 13.43% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 47 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 electrical power-line installers and repairers, whose median is $108,120, the adjusted figure of $80,608 differs little from $79,685 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $107,820 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,230 |
| This salary | $108,120 |
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 | $79,685 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,892 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,752 |
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 | $100,718 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,327 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $108,120 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $72,820 and the ninetieth is $129,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $79,685, from $108,120, 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 47 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,608 uses one figure for the whole of Illinois. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 47.
- The Illinois median of $108,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $72,820 to $129,230. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $79,685 from $108,120. 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 47 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,608, worked from $108,120, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Illinois address, on work sitting at 47 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $72,820 at the tenth percentile, $129,230 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 $80,608.
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 $79,685.
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 ($72,820 to $129,230) 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 $80,608 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 $79,685 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.