State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Iowa
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Iowa, $57,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 36.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.9%
Illinois vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Iowa
Carpenters
- Median
- $57,710
- p25
- $47,640
- p75
- $65,910
- p10
- $39,040
- p90
- $76,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.