First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,651
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$13,769
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,250
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
$65,420
Kept after tax
$51,651
Worth in national money
$52,250
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $65,420, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 4.02% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 211.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $65,420 the take-home is $51,651, which is worth about $52,250 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $69,930, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $65,420, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 4.02% 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.
- In Illinois's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling sits at 211 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling on its $65,420 median: $51,651 retained after tax becomes $52,250 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $69,930 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,010 |
| This salary | $65,420 |
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 | $51,651 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,745 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,087 |
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 | $61,570 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,943 |
| 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 transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Illinois earn under $65,420 and half over. The published range runs $46,590 at the tenth percentile to $98,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $51,651, worked from $65,420. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 211 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,250 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 211.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,590 to $98,010; 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.
- The Illinois take-home of $51,651, on $65,420 for work ranking 211 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 211 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,250, worked from $65,420, 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 211 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 $69,930, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,590 at the bottom tenth to $98,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $52,250.
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, $51,651 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 $69,930. 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 ($46,590) and the ninetieth ($98,010) 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 $52,250 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 $51,651 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.