Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,164
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$18,636
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,872
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
$79,800
Kept after tax
$61,164
Worth in national money
$61,872
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $79,800, ranking 18 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Illinois, this sits in the middle: 142 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $79,800 the take-home is $61,164, which is worth about $61,872 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $80,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois occupies the middle band for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other: a median of $79,800, ranking 18 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other ranks 142 of 494 occupations in Illinois by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other on its $79,800 median: $61,164 retained after tax becomes $61,872 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $80,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,920 |
| This salary | $79,800 |
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 | $61,164 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,969 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,986 |
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 | $74,391 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,887 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Illinois earn under $79,800 and half over. The published range runs $57,160 at the tenth percentile to $101,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $61,164, worked from $79,800. 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 142 of 494.
- Two cautions on $61,872, the adjusted value of that $79,800 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 142 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,160 to $101,920; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Illinois take-home of $61,164, on $79,800 for work ranking 142 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 142 of 494 in the state.
- This $61,872 adjusted figure, worked from $79,800, 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 142 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 142 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $57,160 at the bottom tenth to $101,920 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 $61,872 in national terms.
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 $61,164.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($57,160 to $101,920) 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 $61,872 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 $61,164 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.