Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,606
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$8,534
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,019
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
$44,140
Kept after tax
$35,606
Worth in national money
$36,019
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Illinois pays this job around $44,140 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 494 occupations Illinois publishes, this job lands at 402. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $44,140, take-home of $35,606 is worth roughly $36,019 in national money. The average comes to $46,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators the Illinois median is $44,140, ranking 34 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.
- Within Illinois, this work ranks 402 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, whose median is $44,140, the adjusted figure of $36,019 differs little from $35,606 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $46,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,770 |
| This salary | $44,140 |
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 | $35,606 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,646 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,722 |
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 | $41,601 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,292 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,140 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,410 and the ninetieth is $61,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,606 take-home in Illinois comes from $44,140. 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 402 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,019, the adjusted value of that $44,140 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 402 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $44,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,410 to $61,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $35,606, from $44,140, 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 402 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $36,019 — the adjusted value of that $44,140 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 402 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $46,180, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,410 and the top tenth $61,770, 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 $36,019 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $35,606 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.
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 $46,180. 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 ($33,410 to $61,770) 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 $36,019 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 $35,606 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.