First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,135
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$27,615
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,040
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
$105,750
Kept after tax
$78,135
Worth in national money
$79,040
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $105,750, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 32.32% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, this job comes in at 56 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $105,750 the take-home is $78,135, which is worth about $79,040 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $103,450, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $105,750, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 32.32% 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.
- First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers ranks 56 of 494 occupations by median in Illinois, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers on its $105,750 median: $78,135 retained after tax becomes $79,040 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $103,450 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,590 |
| This salary | $105,750 |
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 | $78,135 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,225 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,604 |
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 | $98,515 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,123 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Illinois earn under $105,750 and half over. The published range runs $62,500 at the tenth percentile to $132,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $78,135 take-home in Illinois comes from $105,750. 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 56 of 494.
- Two cautions on $79,040, the adjusted value of that $105,750 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 56 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,500 to $132,590; 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.
- Retained pay of $78,135, from $105,750, 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 56 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- This $79,040 adjusted figure, worked from $105,750, 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 56 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 56 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $62,500 at the tenth percentile, $132,590 at the ninetieth.
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 $79,040.
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, $78,135 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,500 to $132,590) 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 $79,040 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 $78,135 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.