Occupational Wages: 2016 |
Entry Wage | Median Wage | Experienced Wage | |||
| SOC Occupational Title | Hourly | Annual | Hourly | Annual | Hourly | Annual |
| Total All Occupations | $9.75 | $20,279 | $15.71 | $32,677 | $26.25 | $54,610 |
| Accountants & Auditors | $15.36 | $31,951 | $19.56 | $40,688 | $27.53 | $57,268 |
| Administrative Services Managers | $21.10 | $43,881 | $29.16 | $60,649 | $42.18 | $87,737 |
| Architecture & Engineering Occupations | $23.79 | $49,474 | $30.59 | $63,622 | $39.60 | $82,376 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations | $12.29 | $25,557 | $18.99 | $39,505 | $28.04 | $58,323 |
| Bartenders | $9.10 | $18,938 | $10.29 | $21,405 | $11.79 | $24,531 |
| Billing & Posting Clerks & Machine Operators | $9.22 | $19,184 | $11.12 | $23,130 | $13.79 | $28,675 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks | $9.70 | $20,172 | $14.36 | $29,861 | $18.59 | $38,675 |
| Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations | $9.56 | $19,881 | $11.80 | $24,542 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Business & Financial Operations Occupations | $16.66 | $34,660 | $25.80 | $53,655 | $32.34 | $67,268 |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | $16.55 | $34,422 | $23.56 | $49,006 | $33.38 | $69,422 |
| Cashiers | $9.05 | $18,818 | $11.51 | $23,931 | $13.79 | $28,683 |
| Chief Executives | $9.03 | $18,787 | $53.52 | $111,325 | $59.37 | $123,483 |
| Childcare Workers | $8.70 | $18,103 | $9.01 | $18,745 | $9.60 | $19,976 |
| Clinical, Counseling, & School Psychologists | $30.65 | $63,744 | $34.02 | $70,755 | $34.21 | $71,160 |
| Community & Social Services Occupations | $12.89 | $26,815 | $19.23 | $40,005 | $23.53 | $48,945 |
| Compliance Officers, Construction, Health & Safety, & Transportation | $14.56 | $30,290 | $23.80 | $49,497 | $26.97 | $56,096 |
| Computer & Mathematical Occupations | $17.64 | $36,685 | $23.49 | $48,861 | $28.12 | $58,485 |
| Computer User Support Specialists | $17.96 | $37,364 | $23.91 | $49,729 | $26.93 | $56,023 |
| Construction & Extraction Occupations | $14.35 | $29,856 | $21.59 | $44,909 | $27.65 | $57,509 |
| Construction Managers | $13.49 | $28,058 | $14.99 | $31,188 | $34.48 | $71,728 |
| Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria | $9.82 | $20,416 | $10.99 | $22,856 | $13.29 | $27,643 |
| Court, Municipal, & License Clerks | $9.00 | $18,726 | $9.23 | $19,201 | $10.85 | $22,573 |
| Customer Service Representatives | $10.69 | $22,235 | $16.86 | $35,072 | $19.62 | $40,819 |
| Education Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School | N/A | $71,232 | N/A | $81,759 | N/A | $86,568 |
| Education, Training, & Library Occupations | $12.56 | $26,128 | $23.42 | $48,706 | $38.49 | $80,051 |
| Electricians | $16.76 | $34,861 | $25.51 | $53,056 | $27.39 | $56,971 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | N/A | $33,008 | N/A | $43,511 | N/A | $50,202 |
| Executive Secretaries & Executive Administrative Assistants | $14.53 | $30,227 | $20.80 | $43,269 | $26.41 | $54,939 |
| File Clerks | $11.00 | $22,870 | $11.23 | $23,364 | $14.26 | $29,666 |
| Financial Managers | $21.30 | $44,308 | $27.26 | $56,692 | $44.82 | $93,231 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades & Extraction Work | $19.16 | $39,848 | $23.83 | $49,557 | $30.07 | $62,542 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation & Serving Workers | $9.76 | $20,300 | $12.15 | $25,272 | $16.70 | $34,726 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers | $10.89 | $22,649 | $11.51 | $23,940 | $16.30 | $33,914 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers | $21.53 | $44,782 | $23.53 | $48,940 | $26.95 | $56,057 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office & Administrative Support Worke | $12.67 | $26,345 | $16.76 | $34,869 | $23.61 | $49,103 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police & Detectives | $32.85 | $68,324 | $36.38 | $75,674 | $37.94 | $78,920 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers | $17.85 | $37,133 | $26.24 | $54,584 | $30.59 | $63,621 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | $11.16 | $23,212 | $15.75 | $32,752 | $20.59 | $42,833 |
| Food Preparation & Serving-Related Occupations | $9.03 | $18,776 | $9.44 | $19,635 | $12.09 | $25,138 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $9.21 | $19,163 | $9.30 | $19,352 | $9.66 | $20,084 |
| General & Operations Managers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Graphic Designers | $17.33 | $36,036 | $24.08 | $50,076 | $30.35 | $63,127 |
| Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations | $15.86 | $32,982 | $25.45 | $52,930 | $37.91 | $78,861 |
| Healthcare Support Occupations | $10.03 | $20,869 | $11.70 | $24,339 | $14.07 | $29,257 |
| Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $12.45 | $25,903 | $15.89 | $33,043 | $18.08 | $37,609 |
| Highway Maintenance Workers | $12.67 | $26,356 | $16.73 | $34,797 | $19.15 | $39,837 |
| Home Health Aides | $10.06 | $20,929 | $11.00 | $22,884 | $11.85 | $24,648 |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll & Timekeeping | $13.94 | $28,991 | $17.52 | $36,447 | $18.75 | $39,001 |
| Human Resources Specialists | $19.19 | $39,924 | $25.60 | $53,239 | $30.87 | $64,214 |
| Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations | $14.23 | $29,602 | $21.67 | $45,075 | $26.25 | $54,606 |
| Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners | $10.31 | $21,443 | $11.38 | $23,672 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand | $10.04 | $20,876 | $10.80 | $22,463 | $11.71 | $24,364 |
| Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers | $10.46 | $21,755 | $16.97 | $35,296 | $20.43 | $42,493 |
| Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers | $9.07 | $18,874 | $10.33 | $21,494 | $11.41 | $23,724 |
| Lawyers | $32.81 | $68,235 | $43.30 | $90,073 | $56.10 | $116,695 |
| Legal Occupations | $19.75 | $41,090 | $37.92 | $78,865 | $50.68 | $105,414 |
| Librarians | $8.66 | $18,012 | $15.67 | $32,602 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations | $18.75 | $39,000 | $32.53 | $67,667 | $39.23 | $81,598 |
| Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers | $9.25 | $19,241 | $9.66 | $20,083 | $12.19 | $25,364 |
| Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners | $9.12 | $18,969 | $9.45 | $19,663 | $14.35 | $29,855 |
| Maintenance & Repair Workers, General | $18.10 | $37,655 | $23.35 | $48,558 | $27.66 | $57,536 |
| Management Occupations | $15.93 | $33,124 | $29.93 | $62,260 | $47.97 | $99,777 |
| Market Research Analysts & Marketing Specialists | $20.92 | $43,511 | $31.75 | $66,047 | $35.00 | $72,809 |
| Medical & Health Services Managers | $25.98 | $54,040 | $41.63 | $86,596 | $46.53 | $96,792 |
| Medical Secretaries | $11.06 | $23,006 | $13.97 | $29,059 | $15.70 | $32,647 |
| Nursing Assistants | $9.82 | $20,419 | $10.89 | $22,644 | $11.97 | $24,907 |
| Office & Administrative Support Occupations | $9.74 | $20,262 | $13.86 | $28,838 | $18.23 | $37,920 |
| Office & Administrative Support Workers, All Other | $8.86 | $18,434 | $11.76 | $24,451 | $17.73 | $36,886 |
| Office Clerks, General | $10.03 | $20,862 | $13.65 | $28,388 | $17.09 | $35,541 |
| Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders | $10.44 | $21,717 | $11.41 | $23,724 | $13.01 | $27,067 |
| Paralegals & Legal Assistants | N/A | N/A | $17.01 | $35,377 | N/A | N/A |
| Personal Care & Service Occupations | $8.96 | $18,631 | $9.34 | $19,429 | $12.51 | $26,025 |
| Pharmacists | $54.02 | $112,358 | $60.60 | $126,044 | $63.87 | $132,854 |
| Pharmacy Technicians | $11.27 | $23,445 | $14.57 | $30,307 | $16.98 | $35,323 |
| Police & Sheriff’s Patrol Officers | $13.99 | $29,090 | $20.39 | $42,411 | $24.92 | $51,831 |
| Postal Service Clerks | $13.80 | $28,708 | $19.13 | $39,797 | $22.06 | $45,891 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | $17.63 | $36,678 | $23.78 | $49,452 | $26.58 | $55,286 |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | $11.91 | $24,772 | $17.74 | $36,894 | $19.43 | $40,415 |
| Production Occupations | $11.56 | $24,046 | $16.20 | $33,689 | $20.27 | $42,157 |
| Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks | $11.08 | $23,055 | $13.76 | $28,616 | $17.30 | $35,993 |
| Protective Service Occupations | $8.95 | $18,614 | $13.91 | $28,930 | $23.07 | $47,995 |
| Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products | $17.63 | $36,678 | $23.33 | $48,532 | $30.19 | $62,794 |
| Receptionists & Information Clerks | $10.93 | $22,732 | $13.23 | $27,513 | $14.66 | $30,486 |
| Recreation Workers | $9.05 | $18,823 | $9.65 | $20,076 | $13.52 | $28,117 |
| Registered Nurses | $21.08 | $43,836 | $27.23 | $56,628 | $33.39 | $69,455 |
| Retail Salespersons | $8.97 | $18,664 | $10.59 | $22,018 | $13.93 | $28,979 |
| Sales & Related Occupations | $9.57 | $19,913 | $12.34 | $25,669 | $21.74 | $45,211 |
| Sales Managers | $26.99 | $56,130 | $34.95 | $72,687 | $39.97 | $83,137 |
| Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | $14.43 | $30,012 | $25.11 | $52,237 | $34.62 | $72,017 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale & Manufacturing | $13.73 | $28,559 | $22.88 | $47,592 | $41.86 | $87,072 |
| Secretaries & Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, | $9.57 | $19,915 | $13.57 | $28,226 | $16.15 | $33,587 |
| Security Guards | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks | $9.32 | $19,381 | $12.77 | $26,557 | $15.75 | $32,761 |
| Social & Community Service Managers | $26.39 | $54,899 | $36.89 | $76,735 | $42.54 | $88,488 |
| Social & Human Service Assistants | $11.56 | $24,051 | $17.38 | $36,157 | $20.03 | $41,653 |
| Soil & Plant Scientists | $29.05 | $60,423 | $36.88 | $76,715 | $44.27 | $92,076 |
| Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten & Elementary School | N/A | $35,731 | N/A | $42,866 | N/A | $47,876 |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | $21.19 | $44,070 | $24.67 | $51,320 | $29.14 | $60,612 |
| Stock Clerks & Order Fillers | $9.11 | $18,958 | $11.27 | $23,434 | $14.40 | $29,947 |
| Teacher Assistants | N/A | $18,012 | N/A | $21,823 | N/A | $28,093 |
| Transportation & Material Moving Occupations | $9.36 | $19,463 | $11.25 | $23,398 | $15.38 | $31,998 |
| Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant & System Operators | $14.68 | $30,541 | $17.56 | $36,516 | $19.08 | $39,690 |
N/A = Wage Data Not Available
Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security, Occupational Employment Statistics