State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Rhode Island
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Rhode Island, $60,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.8%
Illinois vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+32.8%
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
Rhode Island
Carpenters
- Median
- $60,840
- p25
- $52,300
- p75
- $75,750
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $89,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.