Web and Digital Interface Designers in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,029
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$20,681
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,782
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
$85,710
Kept after tax
$65,029
Worth in national money
$65,782
State rank
21
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Illinois is 21 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $85,710. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Illinois this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 113 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $85,710, take-home of $65,029 is worth roughly $65,782 in national money. The average comes to $98,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Illinois ranks 21 of 46 for web and digital interface designers at $85,710. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Illinois publishes a median for, web and digital interface designers sits 113 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.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for web and digital interface designers, whose median is $85,710, the adjusted figure of $65,782 differs little from $65,029 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $98,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Web and Digital Interface Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,670 |
| This salary | $85,710 |
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 | $65,029 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,127 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,354 |
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 | $79,885 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,396 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $85,710 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,090 and the ninetieth is $157,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $65,029 take-home in Illinois comes from $85,710. 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 113 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,782, the adjusted value of that $85,710 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 113 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $85,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,090 to $157,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $65,029, from $85,710, 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 113 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $65,782 — the adjusted value of that $85,710 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 113 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 $98,960, 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 $58,090 and the top tenth $157,670 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,782 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $65,029.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $98,960. 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 ($58,090) and the ninetieth ($157,670) 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 $65,782 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 $65,029 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.