Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,618
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$32,632
27.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,633
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
$120,250
Kept after tax
$87,618
Worth in national money
$88,633
State rank
11
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 $120,250, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 12.14% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Illinois reports, this job comes in at 37 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $120,250, take-home of $87,618 is worth roughly $88,633 in national money. The average comes to $129,630, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois's median for transportation, storage, and distribution managers is $120,250, about 12.14% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ranks 37 of 494 occupations by median in Illinois, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for transportation, storage, and distribution managers, whose median is $120,250, the adjusted figure of $88,633 differs little from $87,618 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $129,630 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,570 |
| This salary | $120,250 |
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 | $87,618 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,426 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,509 |
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 | $111,995 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,372 |
| 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 transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Illinois earn under $120,250 and half over. The published range runs $68,310 at the tenth percentile to $207,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Illinois the take-home figure of $87,618, from $120,250, 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 37 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 $88,633 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 37.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Illinois, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $68,310 to $207,570; 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.
- Take-home for Illinois is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $87,618 from $120,250. 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 37 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $88,633, worked from $120,250, 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 37 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $129,630 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $68,310 at the bottom tenth to $207,570 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 $88,633 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, $87,618 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $129,630. 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 ($68,310) and the ninetieth ($207,570) 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 $88,633 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 $87,618 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.