Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Peoria, IL

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$53,590	40	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$53,540	60	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$52,770	130	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,900	200	View salary detail
Machinists	$51,680	500	View salary detail
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$51,410	140	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$51,410	140	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$50,930	210	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$50,820	1,680	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$50,710	50	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$50,420	270	View salary detail
Carpet Installers	$50,410	40	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$50,090	120	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$50,000	150	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,990	240	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$49,860	230	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$49,730	40	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$49,610	1,760	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$49,580	150	View salary detail
Paramedics	$49,440	210	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$49,360	120	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,300	260	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$49,000	50	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$48,730	90	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$48,410	40	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$48,250	230	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$48,160	60	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$48,100	620	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$48,010	140	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$47,900	40	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$47,800	190	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$47,750	100	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$47,750	1,040	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,670	1,390	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$47,580	300	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$47,530	210	View salary detail
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$47,490	—	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$47,340	100	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$47,320	550	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,280	300	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$47,250	30	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$47,180	300	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$47,010	90	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$46,940	150	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$46,770	260	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$46,550	2,010	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,540	370	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$46,500	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$46,430	230	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$46,340	140	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.