State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Massachusetts, $75,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.1%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+11.1%
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
Massachusetts
Carpenters
- Median
- $75,200
- p25
- $60,770
- p75
- $97,520
- p10
- $48,230
- p90
- $122,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.