State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Connecticut, $64,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Carpenters
- Median
- $64,060
- p25
- $57,540
- p75
- $80,820
- p10
- $49,140
- p90
- $88,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.