State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Mississippi
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Mississippi, $48,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.3% — not 62.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.4%
Illinois vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+41.3%
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
Mississippi
Carpenters
- Median
- $48,650
- p25
- $38,420
- p75
- $52,480
- p10
- $34,670
- p90
- $63,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.