State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Alabama vs Illinois
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Alabama, $48,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.3% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Alabama vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-31.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Carpenters
- Median
- $48,220
- p25
- $40,410
- p75
- $56,390
- p10
- $34,430
- p90
- $63,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Illinois
Carpenters
- Median
- $79,000
- p25
- $56,160
- p75
- $106,950
- p10
- $39,890
- p90
- $117,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.