Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Kankakee, IL

229 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Kankakee, IL for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$47,450	70	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$47,450	70	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$47,450	70	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$47,450	70	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,240	400	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$47,160	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,940	50	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$46,750	760	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$46,320	200	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,130	70	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$45,610	60	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$45,480	800	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$45,190	320	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$44,870	160	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$44,750	330	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,740	540	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$44,600	80	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,130	40	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$43,980	50	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$43,250	230	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,240	240	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$42,030	270	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$41,290	180	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$40,490	480	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$40,480	60	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$40,450	560	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$40,230	540	View salary detail
Bakers	$39,570	100	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$39,190	160	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$38,790	70	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$38,440	210	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$38,270	100	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$38,030	190	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$37,900	860	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$37,850	110	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$37,660	320	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$37,530	30	View salary detail
Tellers	$37,360	140	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,320	370	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$37,110	1,190	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$37,110	1,190	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$37,100	220	View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$36,700	200	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$36,460	100	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$36,270	90	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$36,000	570	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$35,620	310	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$35,600	60	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$35,580	60	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$35,560	320	View salary detail

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.