Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,840
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$6,000
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,163
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
$33,840
Kept after tax
$27,840
Worth in national money
$28,163
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Illinois pays this job a middle wage of $33,840, 38 of 49 states and about 7.72% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Illinois this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 488. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $33,840, take-home of $27,840 is worth roughly $28,163 in national money. The average comes to $35,890, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois's $33,840 median for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals places it 38 of 49 states, about 7.72% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Illinois reports, farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals ranks 488 of 494, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, whose median is $33,840, the adjusted figure of $28,163 differs little from $27,840 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $35,890 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,240 |
| This salary | $33,840 |
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 | $27,840 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,370 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,062 |
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 | $31,935 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,493 |
| 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 $33,840. The published range is $31,200 up to $49,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $27,840 take-home in Illinois comes from $33,840. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 488 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,163, the adjusted value of that $33,840 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 488 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $49,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $27,840, from $33,840, assumes a single Illinois filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 488 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $28,163 — the adjusted value of that $33,840 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 488 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $35,890, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $49,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,163 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $27,840.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $35,890. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $49,240) 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 $28,163 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 $27,840 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.