Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,025
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$16,975
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,697
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
$75,000
Kept after tax
$58,025
Worth in national money
$58,697
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $75,000, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 16.46% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 181 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $75,000, take-home of $58,025 is worth roughly $58,697 in national money. The average lands at $73,430, below the middle of the range.
- For licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $75,000, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 16.46% 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.
- Position 181 of 494 in Illinois places licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 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.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, whose median is $75,000, the adjusted figure of $58,697 differs little from $58,025 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $73,430 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,810 |
| This salary | $75,000 |
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 | $58,025 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,593 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,686 |
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 | $69,929 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,473 |
| 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 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Illinois earn under $75,000 and half over. The published range runs $58,880 at the tenth percentile to $89,810 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 $58,025, worked from $75,000. 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 181 of 494.
- Two cautions on $58,697, the adjusted value of that $75,000 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 181 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,880 to $89,810; 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 $58,025, on $75,000 for work ranking 181 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 181 of 494 in the state.
- This $58,697 adjusted figure, worked from $75,000, 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 181 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 181 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,880 at the bottom tenth to $89,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $58,697 in national terms.
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 $58,025.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,880 to $89,810) 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 $58,697 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 $58,025 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.