Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,276
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$7,774
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,662
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
$41,050
Kept after tax
$33,276
Worth in national money
$33,662
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $41,050, putting the state 4 of 50 — about 15.11% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 494 occupations Illinois publishes, this job lands at 421. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $41,050, tax leaves $33,276, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $33,662 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $42,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- For farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $41,050, ranking 4 of 50 and running about 15.11% 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.
- Within Illinois, this work ranks 421 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse — median $41,050 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $33,276 retained, $33,662 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $42,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,010 |
| This salary | $41,050 |
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 | $33,276 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,164 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,524 |
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 | $38,701 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,053 |
| 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 $41,050. The published range is $31,700 up to $51,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $33,276, worked from $41,050. 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 421 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,662 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 421.
- Reported values are medians; for farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,700 to $51,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Illinois take-home of $33,276, on $41,050 for work ranking 421 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 421 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,662, worked from $41,050, 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 421 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,700 at the bottom tenth to $51,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,662.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Illinois's own levy, $33,276 remains.
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 50 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 ($31,700 to $51,010) 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 $33,662 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 $33,276 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.