Tile and Stone Setters in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,897
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$14,263
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,510
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
$67,160
Kept after tax
$52,897
Worth in national money
$53,510
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tile and stone setters is strong here. Illinois's middle earner gets $67,160, putting the state 7 of 47 — about 20.6% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 204.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $67,160, tax leaves $52,897, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $53,510 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $72,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- For tile and stone setters, Illinois sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $67,160, ranking 7 of 47 and running about 20.6% 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.
- In Illinois's occupational distribution, tile and stone setters sits at 204 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for tile and stone setters — median $67,160 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $52,897 retained, $53,510 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $72,080 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $112,780 |
| This salary | $67,160 |
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 | $52,897 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,197 |
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 | $63,121 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,158 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $67,160 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,680 and the ninetieth is $112,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $52,897, from $67,160, 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 204 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 $53,510 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 204.
- The Illinois median of $67,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,680 to $112,780. 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 $52,897 from $67,160. 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 204 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,510, worked from $67,160, 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 204 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 $72,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,680 at the bottom tenth to $112,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $53,510 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, $52,897 remains.
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 47 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 $72,080. 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 ($46,680) and the ninetieth ($112,780) 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 $53,510 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 $52,897 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.