State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Arkansas vs Illinois
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Arkansas, $47,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.5%
Arkansas vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Carpenters
- Median
- $47,760
- p25
- $41,460
- p75
- $57,510
- p10
- $36,400
- p90
- $70,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.