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State comparison · 2025

Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Kansas

Occupation

Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Kansas, $56,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 38.7%.

Nominal pay gap
+38.7%
Illinois vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+25%
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
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Kansas

Carpenters

Median
$56,960
p25
$47,830
p75
$66,730
p10
$38,860
p90
$88,090
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Kansas

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.