New Accounts Clerks in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,301
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,739
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,756
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
$49,040
Kept after tax
$39,301
Worth in national money
$39,756
State rank
12
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays new accounts clerks a middle wage of $49,040, ranking 12 of 45 states and sitting about 2.87% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 336.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $49,040, tax leaves $39,301, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,756 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $49,370, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois's median for new accounts clerks is $49,040, about 2.87% above the national figure and 12 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, new accounts clerks sits at 336 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 new accounts clerks — median $49,040 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,301 retained, $39,756 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $49,370 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,470 |
| This salary | $49,040 |
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 | $39,301 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,584 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,036 |
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 | $46,199 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,672 |
| 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 new accounts clerks in Illinois earn under $49,040 and half over. The published range runs $39,090 at the tenth percentile to $60,470 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,301 take-home in Illinois comes from $49,040. 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 336 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,756 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 336.
- Figures are distribution medians for new accounts clerks in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,090 to $60,470; 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 $39,301, from $49,040, 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 336 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,756, worked from $49,040, 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 336 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,090 at the bottom tenth to $60,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,756 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 $39,301 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,090 to $60,470) 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 $39,756 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 $39,301 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.