State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Kansas
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
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
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.