State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Idaho vs Illinois
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Idaho, $52,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.1% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.2%
Idaho vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-31.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Carpenters
- Median
- $52,000
- p25
- $45,250
- p75
- $62,920
- p10
- $36,850
- p90
- $75,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.