Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,353
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$24,027
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,180
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
$95,380
Kept after tax
$71,353
Worth in national money
$72,180
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Illinois pays this job around $95,380 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, this job comes in at 95 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $95,380, tax leaves $71,353, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $72,180 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $93,310.
- For magnetic resonance imaging technologists the Illinois median is $95,380, ranking 23 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Magnetic resonance imaging technologists ranks 95 of 494 occupations by median in Illinois, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for magnetic resonance imaging technologists — median $95,380 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $71,353 retained, $72,180 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $93,310 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,550 |
| This salary | $95,380 |
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 | $71,353 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,930 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,957 |
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 | $88,875 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,229 |
| 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 $95,380. The published range is $77,410 up to $109,550, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $71,353, from $95,380, 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 95 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $72,180, the adjusted value of that $95,380 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 95 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,410 to $109,550. 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 $71,353 from $95,380. 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 95 of 494 locally.
- This $72,180 adjusted figure, worked from $95,380, 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 95 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 95 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $77,410 and the top tenth $109,550, so most people doing this work in Illinois sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $72,180 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $71,353.
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 ($77,410 to $109,550) 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 $72,180 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 $71,353 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.