State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Vermont
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Vermont, $62,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.1% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.6%
Illinois vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+24.1%
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
Vermont
Carpenters
- Median
- $62,400
- p25
- $52,260
- p75
- $64,420
- p10
- $47,840
- p90
- $76,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.