Purchasing Managers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$108,647
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$44,723
29.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,906
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
$153,370
Kept after tax
$108,647
Worth in national money
$109,906
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $153,370, putting the state 14 of 50 — about 3.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, purchasing managers ranks 13 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $153,370, take-home of $108,647 is worth roughly $109,906 in national money. The average comes to $161,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For purchasing managers, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $153,370, ranking 14 of 50 and running about 3.57% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, purchasing managers sits 13 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for purchasing managers, whose median is $153,370, the adjusted figure of $109,906 differs little from $108,647 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $161,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $153,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $225,450 |
| This salary | $153,370 |
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 | $108,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $116,094 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,564 |
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 | $142,475 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,597 |
| 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 $153,370. The published range is $100,990 up to $225,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $108,647, worked from $153,370. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 13 of 494.
- Two cautions on $109,906, the adjusted value of that $153,370 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 13 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for purchasing managers in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $100,990 to $225,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Illinois take-home of $108,647, on $153,370 for work ranking 13 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 13 of 494 in the state.
- This $109,906 adjusted figure, worked from $153,370, 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 13 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 13 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $161,930, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $100,990 and the top tenth $225,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $109,906.
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 $108,647 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.
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 $161,930. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($100,990) and the ninetieth ($225,450) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $109,906 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 $108,647 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.