Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,140
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$11,970
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,674
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
$58,110
Kept after tax
$46,140
Worth in national money
$46,674
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for locksmiths and safe repairers. The middle earner takes $58,110, which ranks 11 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 13.23% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 289 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $58,110, take-home of $46,140 is worth roughly $46,674 in national money. The average lands at $57,810, below the middle of the range.
- Illinois ranks 11 of 48 states publishing a median for locksmiths and safe repairers, at $58,110 — about 13.23% 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.
- Position 289 of 494 in Illinois places locksmiths and safe repairers 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 locksmiths and safe repairers, whose median is $58,110, the adjusted figure of $46,674 differs little from $46,140 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $57,810 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,790 |
| This salary | $58,110 |
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 | $46,140 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,871 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,618 |
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 | $54,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,376 |
| 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 $58,110. The published range is $35,960 up to $88,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $46,140, from $58,110, 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 289 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,674, the adjusted value of that $58,110 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 289 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for locksmiths and safe repairers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,960 to $88,790. 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 $46,140 from $58,110. 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 289 of 494 locally.
- This $46,674 adjusted figure, worked from $58,110, 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 289 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 289 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,960 and the top tenth $88,790 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $46,674 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $46,140 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,960) and the ninetieth ($88,790) 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 $46,674 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 $46,140 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.