Construction Laborers Salary in Kankakee, IL

Construction Laborers pay range in Kankakee

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,620 a year or less, while the top 10% make $96,340 or more. The middle half of construction laborers in Kankakee earn between $42,210 and $75,800.

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

Construction Laborers salary after taxes in Kankakee

On the average salary of $60,470, a single filer in Kankakee takes home about $47,915 a year, or $3,993 a month and $1,843 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

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

Is Kankakee a good place for construction laborers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Kankakee area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.4), so the average $60,470 buys what about $62,732 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Kankakee ($45,830). A typical home costs $223,721, or 3.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Construction Laborers salary in other Illinois cities

Kankakee ranks 8th of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($69,180).

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Highest-paying cities for construction laborers

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($78,590).

Construction Laborers salary by city

Related jobs in Kankakee

• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$90,890 a year
• Electricians$90,850 a year
• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$82,810 a year
• Carpenters$82,070 a year
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$69,390 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$95,960 a year
• Highway Maintenance Workers$67,520 a year

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