State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Kentucky
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Kentucky, $52,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.3% — not 50%.
Nominal pay gap
+50%
Illinois vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+35.3%
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
Kentucky
Carpenters
- Median
- $52,680
- p25
- $45,940
- p75
- $61,260
- p10
- $36,760
- p90
- $72,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.