State comparison · 2025
Electricians salary: Illinois vs Pennsylvania
Electricians in Illinois earn a median of $99,560. In Pennsylvania, $67,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.7% — not 47.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.3%
Illinois vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+43.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Electricians
- Median
- $99,560
- p25
- $73,520
- p75
- $117,460
- p10
- $49,240
- p90
- $123,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Pennsylvania
Electricians
- Median
- $67,600
- p25
- $55,140
- p75
- $95,500
- p10
- $45,600
- p90
- $122,620
- 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.