Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,092
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$11,628
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,614
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
$56,720
Kept after tax
$45,092
Worth in national money
$45,614
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $56,720, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 14.38% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 295 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $56,720 the take-home is $45,092, which is worth about $45,614 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $57,650, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for maintenance and repair workers, general, at $56,720 — about 14.38% 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 295 of 494 in Illinois places maintenance and repair workers, general 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.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for maintenance and repair workers, general on its $56,720 median: $45,092 retained after tax becomes $45,614 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $57,650 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,740 |
| This salary | $56,720 |
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 | $45,092 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,755 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,529 |
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 | $53,406 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,268 |
| 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 maintenance and repair workers, general in Illinois earn under $56,720 and half over. The published range runs $36,120 at the tenth percentile to $80,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $45,092, from $56,720, 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 295 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,614 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 295.
- Figures are distribution medians for maintenance and repair workers, general in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,120 to $80,740; 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.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,092 from $56,720. 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 295 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,614, worked from $56,720, 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 295 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 $36,120 and the top tenth $80,740 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,614 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 $45,092 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,120) and the ninetieth ($80,740) 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 $45,614 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 $45,092 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.