47-2082 - BLS OEWS 2024
Tapers wages in Illinois
The BLS reported a $52.65 median hourly wage for tapers in Illinois in 2024. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin. This page is pending YMYL review and is not eligible for indexing yet.
Median hourly wage
$52.65
BLS OEWS 2024
10th-90th percentile
$38.00-$54.52
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
380
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#1
of 26 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Illinois's median is +$21.43 per hour above the median state record for tapers ($31.21).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #8 by BLS employment among generated tapers records, with 380 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $42.94 in 2019 to $52.65 in 2024, a +23% change.
2019-2024 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $42.94 |
| 2020 | $44.73 |
| 2021 | $47.77 |
| 2022 | $50.45 |
| 2023 | $49.81 |
| 2024 | $52.65 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
More pending Illinois wage cells
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2024. This page uses only the published BLS row for Tapers in Illinois. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.