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Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers pay in Illinois and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers is $48,780 per year in Illinois. It is $75,340 per year in Maine. Illinois is 35.3% below Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-4090 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 710 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and 90 in Maine. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings