State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Colorado, $62,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-22.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Carpenters
- Median
- $62,830
- p25
- $51,940
- p75
- $74,430
- p10
- $47,020
- p90
- $90,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.