State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Wisconsin
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Wisconsin, $61,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
Illinois vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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
Wisconsin
Carpenters
- Median
- $61,660
- p25
- $49,750
- p75
- $79,310
- p10
- $45,110
- p90
- $93,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.