Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Illinois

869 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Illinois for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$89,980	2,490	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$89,800	5,180	View salary detail
Historians	$89,670	—	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$89,620	—	View salary detail
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$89,520	280	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$89,180	240	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$88,820	5,280	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$88,700	1,040	View salary detail
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$87,150	150	View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$87,010	150	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$86,630	3,260	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$86,260	470	View salary detail
Web and Digital Interface Designers	$85,710	2,050	View salary detail
Video Game Designers	$85,710	2,050	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$85,510	1,980	View salary detail
Chemists	$85,230	3,040	View salary detail
Credit Analysts	$84,990	3,130	View salary detail
Web Developers	$84,820	4,310	View salary detail
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,790	180	View salary detail
School Psychologists	$84,690	3,590	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$84,570	1,850	View salary detail
Respiratory Therapists	$84,090	4,880	View salary detail
History Teachers, Postsecondary	$83,940	700	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$83,820	450	View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$83,750	5,810	View salary detail
Hydrologists	$83,720	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$83,180	17,710	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$82,750	5,990	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$82,640	1,300	View salary detail
Geneticists	$82,640	1,300	View salary detail
Biologists	$82,640	1,300	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$82,640	1,300	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$82,640	1,300	View salary detail
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,610	440	View salary detail
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$82,330	4,700	View salary detail
Foresters	$82,160	220	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$82,070	32,940	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$82,070	32,940	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$82,070	32,940	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$82,070	32,940	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$82,070	32,940	View salary detail
Roof Bolters, Mining	$81,860	200	View salary detail
Riggers	$81,860	120	View salary detail
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$81,780	5,130	View salary detail
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$81,680	3,370	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$81,590	1,550	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$81,590	1,550	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$81,590	1,550	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$81,590	1,550	View salary detail
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,530	690	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.