Pest Control Workers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,348
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,102
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,781
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
$46,450
Kept after tax
$37,348
Worth in national money
$37,781
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays pest control workers a middle wage of $46,450, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 2.65% above the national middle.
- Against 494 occupations Illinois publishes, pest control workers lands at 377. 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 $46,450, take-home of $37,348 is worth roughly $37,781 in national money. The average comes to $47,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois's median for pest control workers is $46,450, about 2.65% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Illinois, this work ranks 377 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 pest control workers, whose median is $46,450, the adjusted figure of $37,781 differs little from $37,348 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pest Control Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,450 |
| This salary | $46,450 |
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 | $37,348 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,870 |
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 | $43,769 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,471 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,450 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,120 and the ninetieth is $62,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $37,348, from $46,450, 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 377 of 494 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,781, the adjusted value of that $46,450 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 377 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $46,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,120 to $62,450. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,348 from $46,450. 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 377 of 494 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $37,781 — the adjusted value of that $46,450 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 377 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,120 and the top tenth $62,450, 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 $37,781.
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 $37,348 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 50 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 ($36,120 to $62,450) 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 $37,781 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 $37,348 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.