First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,063
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$21,757
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,840
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
$88,820
Kept after tax
$67,063
Worth in national money
$67,840
State rank
12
of 51 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 $88,820, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 1.49% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, this job comes in at 109 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $88,820, tax leaves $67,063, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $67,840 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $98,670, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois's median for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers is $88,820, about 1.49% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers ranks 109 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.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers — median $88,820 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $67,063 retained, $67,840 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $98,670 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,490 |
| This salary | $88,820 |
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 | $67,063 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,315 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,548 |
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 | $82,776 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,664 |
| 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 $88,820. The published range is $51,150 up to $162,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $67,063, from $88,820, 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 109 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,840 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 109.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,150 to $162,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $67,063 from $88,820. 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 109 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,840, worked from $88,820, 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 109 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 $98,670, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $51,150, the highest tenth $162,490, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $67,840 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 $67,063.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $98,670. 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 ($51,150) and the ninetieth ($162,490) 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 $67,840 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 $67,063 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.