State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Missouri
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Missouri, $60,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.8%
Illinois vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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
Missouri
Carpenters
- Median
- $60,840
- p25
- $47,520
- p75
- $80,570
- p10
- $38,700
- p90
- $96,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.