Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,332
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$8,118
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,730
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
$42,450
Kept after tax
$34,332
Worth in national money
$34,730
State rank
6
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $42,450, which ranks 6 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 2.04% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Illinois, this one sits low: 413 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $42,450 the take-home is $34,332, which is worth about $34,730 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $42,320, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Illinois ranks 6 of 46 states publishing a median for personal care and service workers, all other, at $42,450 — about 2.04% 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.
- Personal care and service workers, all other occupies position 413 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 personal care and service workers, all other on its $42,450 median: $34,332 retained after tax becomes $34,730 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $42,320 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,650 |
| This salary | $42,450 |
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 | $34,332 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,614 |
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 | $40,015 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,161 |
| 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 personal care and service workers, all other in Illinois earn under $42,450 and half over. The published range runs $31,200 at the tenth percentile to $54,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,332 take-home in Illinois comes from $42,450. 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 413 of 494.
- Two cautions on $34,730, the adjusted value of that $42,450 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 413 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for personal care and service workers, all other in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,200 to $54,650; 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 $34,332, from $42,450, 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 413 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 46 for it.
- This $34,730 adjusted figure, worked from $42,450, 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 413 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 413 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $54,650 at the ninetieth.
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 $34,730 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 $34,332 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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $54,650) 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 $34,730 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 $34,332 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.