State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Pennsylvania
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Pennsylvania, $59,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
Illinois vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+29.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Carpenters
- Median
- $59,370
- p25
- $47,850
- p75
- $74,700
- p10
- $42,970
- p90
- $92,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.