Mechanical Door Repairers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,403
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$13,687
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,998
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
$65,090
Kept after tax
$51,403
Worth in national money
$51,998
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays mechanical door repairers a middle wage of $65,090, ranking 3 of 45 states and sitting about 16.82% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 214.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $65,090, tax leaves $51,403, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $51,998 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $62,870.
- Illinois's median for mechanical door repairers is $65,090, about 16.82% above the national figure and 3 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Illinois's occupational distribution, mechanical door repairers sits at 214 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for mechanical door repairers — median $65,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $51,403 retained, $51,998 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $62,870 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,850 |
| This salary | $65,090 |
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 | $51,403 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,480 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,066 |
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 | $61,260 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,917 |
| 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 mechanical door repairers in Illinois earn under $65,090 and half over. The published range runs $48,730 at the tenth percentile to $72,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,403 take-home in Illinois comes from $65,090. 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 214 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,998, the adjusted value of that $65,090 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 214 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for mechanical door repairers in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,730 to $72,850; 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 $51,403, from $65,090, 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 214 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $51,998 — the adjusted value of that $65,090 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 214 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $62,870 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,730 at the tenth percentile, $72,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $51,998 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 $51,403 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Illinois is $62,870. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,730 to $72,850) 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 $51,998 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 $51,403 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.