Statisticians in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,298
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$32,462
27.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,309
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
$119,760
Kept after tax
$87,298
Worth in national money
$88,309
State rank
5
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Illinois pays statisticians a middle wage of $119,760, ranking 5 of 45 states and sitting about 13.36% above the national middle.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, statisticians ranks 39 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $119,760, tax leaves $87,298, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $88,309 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $120,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois's median for statisticians is $119,760, about 13.36% above the national figure and 5 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, statisticians sits 39 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.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for statisticians — median $119,760 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $87,298 retained, $88,309 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $120,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,740 |
| This salary | $119,760 |
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 | $87,298 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,081 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,478 |
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 | $111,539 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,330 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $119,760 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,530 and the ninetieth is $167,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Illinois's $87,298, worked from $119,760. 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 39 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $88,309, the adjusted value of that $119,760 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 39 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $119,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,530 to $167,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Illinois take-home of $87,298, on $119,760 for work ranking 39 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 39 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $88,309 — the adjusted value of that $119,760 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 39 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $80,530 and the top tenth $167,740 — 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 $88,309 in national terms.
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 $87,298 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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($80,530) and the ninetieth ($167,740) 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 $88,309 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 $87,298 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.