State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Nebraska
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Nebraska, $50,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.5% — not 57%.
Nominal pay gap
+57%
Illinois vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+41.5%
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
Nebraska
Carpenters
- Median
- $50,320
- p25
- $45,270
- p75
- $62,580
- p10
- $38,920
- p90
- $72,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.