Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,727
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$14,173
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,338
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
$66,900
Kept after tax
$52,727
Worth in national money
$53,338
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Illinois pays this job around $66,900 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 205 among 494 occupations Illinois publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $66,900, tax leaves $52,727, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $53,338 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $82,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel the Illinois median is $66,900, ranking 20 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 205 of 494 in Illinois places sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel — median $66,900 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $52,727 retained, $53,338 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $82,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $154,070 |
| This salary | $66,900 |
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 | $52,727 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,894 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,181 |
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 | $62,909 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,106 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,900 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,530 and the ninetieth is $154,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $52,727, from $66,900, 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 205 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,338 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 205.
- The Illinois median of $66,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,530 to $154,070. 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 $52,727 from $66,900. 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 205 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,338, worked from $66,900, 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 205 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $82,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,530 and the top tenth $154,070 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $53,338 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Illinois then takes its own share, leaving $52,727.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $82,330. 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 ($38,530) and the ninetieth ($154,070) 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 $53,338 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 $52,727 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.