First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,939
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$27,511
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,842
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
$105,450
Kept after tax
$77,939
Worth in national money
$78,842
State rank
6
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays this job a middle wage of $105,450, ranking 6 of 49 states and sitting about 35.24% above the national middle.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 57 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $105,450, take-home of $77,939 is worth roughly $78,842 in national money. The average comes to $114,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois's median for first-line supervisors of correctional officers is $105,450, about 35.24% above the national figure and 6 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of correctional officers sits 57 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of correctional officers, whose median is $105,450, the adjusted figure of $78,842 differs little from $77,939 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $114,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,790 |
| This salary | $105,450 |
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 | $77,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,014 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,586 |
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 | $98,236 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,097 |
| 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 correctional officers in Illinois earn under $105,450 and half over. The published range runs $83,990 at the tenth percentile to $160,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $77,939 take-home in Illinois comes from $105,450. 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 57 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,842, the adjusted value of that $105,450 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 57 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $83,990 to $160,790; 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 $77,939, from $105,450, 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 57 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $78,842 — the adjusted value of that $105,450 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 57 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $114,640, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $83,990 and the top tenth $160,790 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $78,842 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 $77,939.
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.
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 $114,640. 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 ($83,990) and the ninetieth ($160,790) 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 $78,842 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 $77,939 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.