Medical Equipment Repairers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,041
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$14,339
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,656
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
$67,380
Kept after tax
$53,041
Worth in national money
$53,656
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays medical equipment repairers a middle wage of $67,380, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 9.28% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 203.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $67,380 the take-home is $53,041, which is worth about $53,656 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $69,340, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois's median for medical equipment repairers is $67,380, about 9.28% above the national figure and 16 of 51 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, medical equipment repairers sits at 203 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.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for medical equipment repairers on its $67,380 median: $53,041 retained after tax becomes $53,656 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $69,340 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,880 |
| This salary | $67,380 |
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 | $53,041 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,211 |
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 | $63,300 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,202 |
| 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 $67,380. The published range is $42,190 up to $99,880, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $53,041 take-home in Illinois comes from $67,380. 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 203 of 494.
- Two cautions on $53,656, the adjusted value of that $67,380 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 203 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical equipment repairers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,190 to $99,880. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $53,041, from $67,380, 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 203 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- This $53,656 adjusted figure, worked from $67,380, 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 203 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 203 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,190 at the bottom tenth to $99,880 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $53,656 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 $53,041 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 ($42,190) and the ninetieth ($99,880) 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 $53,656 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 $53,041 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.