State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Illinois vs Wyoming
Carpenters in Illinois earn a median of $79,000. In Wyoming, $56,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
+39%
Illinois vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+28.8%
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
Wyoming
Carpenters
- Median
- $56,850
- p25
- $48,760
- p75
- $61,950
- p10
- $44,710
- p90
- $80,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.