Carpenters Salary in Bloomington, IL

Carpenters pay range in Bloomington

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,050 a year or less, while the top 10% make $103,240 or more. The middle half of carpenters in Bloomington earn between $58,240 and $92,960.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Carpenters salary after taxes in Bloomington

On the average salary of $74,110, a single filer in Bloomington takes home about $57,439 a year, or $4,787 a month and $2,209 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Bloomington a good place for carpenters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bloomington area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.5), so the average $74,110 buys what about $79,231 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Bloomington ($53,140). A typical home costs $260,134, or 3.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Carpenters salary in other Illinois cities

Bloomington ranks 6th of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Decatur pays the most ($88,510).

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Highest-paying cities for carpenters

Fairbanks, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($90,730).

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Related jobs in Bloomington

• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$88,190 a year
• Electricians$77,520 a year
• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$76,600 a year
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$64,340 a year
• Construction Laborers$62,560 a year
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance$53,520 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$89,590 a year
• Construction and Building Inspectors$81,060 a year

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