Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,468
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$15,622
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,110
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
$71,090
Kept after tax
$55,468
Worth in national money
$56,110
State rank
9
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $71,090, which ranks 9 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 7.52% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Illinois, this sits in the middle: 194 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $71,090, tax leaves $55,468, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $56,110 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $71,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois ranks 9 of 45 states publishing a median for industrial engineering technologists and technicians, at $71,090 — about 7.52% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Industrial engineering technologists and technicians ranks 194 of 494 occupations in Illinois by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for industrial engineering technologists and technicians — median $71,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $55,468 retained, $56,110 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $71,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,200 |
| This salary | $71,090 |
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 | $55,468 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,842 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,442 |
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 | $66,319 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,944 |
| 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 industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Illinois earn under $71,090 and half over. The published range runs $48,480 at the tenth percentile to $99,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,468 take-home in Illinois comes from $71,090. 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 194 of 494.
- Two cautions on $56,110, the adjusted value of that $71,090 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 194 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,480 to $99,200; 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 $55,468, from $71,090, 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 194 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 45 for it.
- This $56,110 adjusted figure, worked from $71,090, 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 194 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 194 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,480 and the top tenth $99,200, so most people doing this work in Illinois sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Illinois is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $56,110 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Illinois adds its own income tax on top — which is why $55,468 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,480 to $99,200) 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 $56,110 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 $55,468 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.