State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Tennessee
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Tennessee, $50,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.8% — not 55.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.4%
Illinois vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+42.8%
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
Tennessee
Carpenters
- Median
- $50,830
- p25
- $46,520
- p75
- $59,900
- p10
- $37,460
- p90
- $66,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.