Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,582
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,178
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,017
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
$46,760
Kept after tax
$37,582
Worth in national money
$38,017
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays this job a middle wage of $46,760, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 3.31% above the national middle.
- Against 494 occupations Illinois publishes, this job lands at 372. 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 $46,760, take-home of $37,582 is worth roughly $38,017 in national money. The average comes to $48,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois's median for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks is $46,760, about 3.31% above the national figure and 17 of 51 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 372 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 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks, whose median is $46,760, the adjusted figure of $38,017 differs little from $37,582 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $48,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,400 |
| This salary | $46,760 |
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 | $37,582 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,752 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,890 |
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 | $44,060 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,495 |
| 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 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Illinois earn under $46,760 and half over. The published range runs $36,750 at the tenth percentile to $63,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,582 take-home in Illinois comes from $46,760. 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 372 of 494.
- Two cautions on $38,017, the adjusted value of that $46,760 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 372 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,750 to $63,400; 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 $37,582, from $46,760, 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 372 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- This $38,017 adjusted figure, worked from $46,760, 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 372 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 372 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 $48,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,750 at the bottom tenth to $63,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,017 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $37,582 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $48,880. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,750 to $63,400) 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 $38,017 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 $37,582 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.