Orderlies in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,070
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$7,380
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,442
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
$39,450
Kept after tax
$32,070
Worth in national money
$32,442
State rank
15
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for orderlies. The middle earner takes $39,450, which ranks 15 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 3.03% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Illinois, this one sits low: 431 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $39,450 the take-home is $32,070, which is worth about $32,442 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $40,070, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Illinois ranks 15 of 47 states publishing a median for orderlies, at $39,450 — about 3.03% 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.
- Orderlies occupies position 431 of 494 in Illinois's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Illinois's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for orderlies on its $39,450 median: $32,070 retained after tax becomes $32,442 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $40,070 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Orderlies
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,920 |
| This salary | $39,450 |
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 | $32,070 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,878 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,421 |
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 | $37,200 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,928 |
| 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 $39,450. The published range is $34,870 up to $44,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $32,070, from $39,450, 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 431 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,442, the adjusted value of that $39,450 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 431 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for orderlies in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,870 to $44,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,070 from $39,450. 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 431 of 494 locally.
- This $32,442 adjusted figure, worked from $39,450, 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 431 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 431 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,870 and the top tenth $44,920, so most people doing this work in Illinois sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $32,442.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Illinois's own levy, $32,070 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($34,870 to $44,920) 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 $32,442 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 $32,070 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.