First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,509
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,481
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,955
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
$47,990
Kept after tax
$38,509
Worth in national money
$38,955
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $47,990, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 354 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $47,990 the take-home is $38,509, which is worth about $38,955 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $53,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers: a median of $47,990, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 354 of 494 in Illinois places first-line supervisors of retail sales workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers on its $47,990 median: $38,509 retained after tax becomes $38,955 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $53,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,550 |
| This salary | $47,990 |
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 | $38,509 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,740 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,969 |
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 | $45,214 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,591 |
| 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 retail sales workers in Illinois earn under $47,990 and half over. The published range runs $35,360 at the tenth percentile to $77,550 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,509 take-home in Illinois comes from $47,990. 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 354 of 494.
- Two cautions on $38,955, the adjusted value of that $47,990 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 354 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,360 to $77,550; 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 $38,509, from $47,990, 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 354 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- This $38,955 adjusted figure, worked from $47,990, 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 354 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 354 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $53,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,360 and the top tenth $77,550 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $38,955.
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, $38,509 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.
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 $53,330. 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 ($35,360) and the ninetieth ($77,550) 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 $38,955 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 $38,509 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.