Decatur, IL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Decatur, IL moved from $49,640 in May 2024 to $51,290 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Decatur, IL sits +0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 19500 · Decatur, IL $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #182/528
- RPP-LOW 88.4
- OCC-THIN 184 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $429K
- EMP-MIX Construction…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Birmingham, AL
- BOOK-MOST 181 rows · May 2025
Read with Birmingham, AL (+$1 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Decatur, IL
Where Decatur, IL already employs the upper wage tier
Construction Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Decatur, IL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Construction Managers 280 jobs · $104,160
- 2. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $131,250
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $106,470
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 120 jobs · $132,250
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $103,730
- 6. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 110 jobs · $160,460
- 7. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $126,880
- 8. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 100 jobs · $100,520
- 9. Civil Engineers 100 jobs · $96,170
- 10. Management Analysts 90 jobs · $103,690
- 11. Managers, All Other 80 jobs · $133,290
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 80 jobs · $110,820
- 13. Software Developers 70 jobs · $110,300
- 14. Labor Relations Specialists 70 jobs · $103,780
- 15. Lawyers 70 jobs · $100,790
- 16. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $145,960
- 17. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $128,370
- 18. Project Management Specialists 60 jobs · $102,870
Occupations Tracked
184
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,638
employment-weighted, 181 complete rows
Top Salary
$429,340
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
88.4
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Decatur, IL, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Construction Managers | $104,160 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $131,250 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,470 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $132,250 |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $103,730 |
| 6 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $160,460 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $126,880 |
| 8 | Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | $100,520 |
| 9 | Civil Engineers | $96,170 |
| 10 | Management Analysts | $103,690 |
| 11 | Managers, All Other | $133,290 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $110,820 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $110,300 |
| 14 | Labor Relations Specialists | $103,780 |
| 15 | Lawyers | $100,790 |
| 16 | Pharmacists | $145,960 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,370 |
| 18 | Project Management Specialists | $102,870 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $183,860 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $129,310 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $128,460 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $103,030 |
| 23 | Physical Therapists | $125,600 |
| 24 | Chief Executives | $212,400 |
| 25 | Physicians, All Other | $429,340 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Decatur, IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $31,200 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $31,200 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $31,200 |
| Bartenders | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,250 |
| Cashiers | $31,320 |
| Recreation Workers | $31,590 |
| Animal Caretakers | $31,670 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in IL
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside IL. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($60,638 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.