Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,444
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$35,946
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,526
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
$129,390
Kept after tax
$93,444
Worth in national money
$94,526
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays this job a middle wage of $129,390, ranking 10 of 50 states and sitting about 0.64% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Illinois. It ranks 30 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $129,390, tax leaves $93,444, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $94,526 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $132,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois's median for electronics engineers, except computer is $129,390, about 0.64% above the national figure and 10 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Illinois, electronics engineers, except computer ranks 30 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electronics engineers, except computer — median $129,390 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $93,444 retained, $94,526 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $132,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $186,060 |
| This salary | $129,390 |
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 | $93,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,704 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,076 |
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 | $120,276 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,372 |
| 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 $129,390. The published range is $87,970 up to $186,060, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $93,444, from $129,390, 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 30 of 494 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $94,526, the adjusted value of that $129,390 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 30 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electronics engineers, except computer in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $87,970 to $186,060. 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 $93,444 from $129,390. 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 30 of 494 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $94,526 — the adjusted value of that $129,390 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 30 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $87,970, the highest tenth $186,060, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Illinois sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $94,526 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $93,444 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($87,970) and the ninetieth ($186,060) 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 $94,526 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 $93,444 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.