State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Maine
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Maine, $62,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Illinois vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
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
Maine
Carpenters
- Median
- $62,160
- p25
- $52,960
- p75
- $72,800
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $78,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.