Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,135
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$12,295
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,681
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
$59,430
Kept after tax
$47,135
Worth in national money
$47,681
State rank
14
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $59,430, which ranks 14 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 5.09% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 279 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $59,430, take-home of $47,135 is worth roughly $47,681 in national money. The average comes to $62,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 14 of 47 states publishing a median for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, at $59,430 — about 5.09% 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.
- Position 279 of 494 in Illinois places farm equipment mechanics and service technicians 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 farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, whose median is $59,430, the adjusted figure of $47,681 differs little from $47,135 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $62,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,270 |
| This salary | $59,430 |
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 | $47,135 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,932 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,703 |
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 | $55,949 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,478 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,430 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,420 and the ninetieth is $85,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $47,135, from $59,430, 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 279 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 $47,681, the adjusted value of that $59,430 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 279 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $59,430 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,420 to $85,270. 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 $47,135 from $59,430. 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 279 of 494 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $47,681 — the adjusted value of that $59,430 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 279 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $62,300 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,420 at the bottom tenth to $85,270 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $47,681 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 $47,135 of this wage survives to your account.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Illinois is $62,300. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,420) and the ninetieth ($85,270) 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 $47,681 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 $47,135 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.