Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses publishes $79,580 here versus $97,550 nationally (-18.4%; 2,340metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $87,770 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-17.0%).
- Registered Nurses$79,580 in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area sits 18.4% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,340 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$87,770 in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area sits 17.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,450 published local jobs).
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$54,530 in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area sits 10.0% above the national Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $49,590 (2,110 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$33,190 in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area sits 6.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,610 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1700001 · Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $58K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #266/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 325 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $415K
- EMP-MIX First-Line S…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Chattanooga, TN-GA
- BOOK-FULL 321 rows · May 2025
Read with Chattanooga, TN-GA (+$35 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northwest Illinois nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 690 jobs · $101,800
- 2. Financial Managers 650 jobs · $129,280
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 400 jobs · $124,950
- 4. Sales Managers 330 jobs · $127,700
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 330 jobs · $104,120
- 6. Managers, All Other 260 jobs · $129,580
- 7. Lawyers 240 jobs · $104,110
- 8. First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 200 jobs · $107,990
- 9. Software Developers 200 jobs · $103,910
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $134,310
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $135,300
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 170 jobs · $159,510
- 13. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $138,680
- 14. Marketing Managers 160 jobs · $135,900
- 15. Physicians, All Other 150 jobs · $414,640
- 16. Human Resources Managers 150 jobs · $128,820
- 17. Veterinarians 80 jobs · $105,590
- 18. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $102,960
Occupations Tracked
325
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,871
employment-weighted, 321 complete rows
Top Salary
$414,640
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, 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 | First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | $101,800 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $129,280 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $124,950 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $127,700 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,120 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $129,580 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $104,110 |
| 8 | First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers | $107,990 |
| 9 | Software Developers | $103,910 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $134,310 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,300 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $159,510 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $138,680 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $135,900 |
| 15 | Physicians, All Other | $414,640 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $128,820 |
| 17 | Veterinarians | $105,590 |
| 18 | Electrical Engineers | $102,960 |
| 19 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $110,930 |
| 20 | Dentists, General | $223,580 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $234,030 |
| 22 | Physician Assistants | $136,410 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $131,180 |
| 24 | Computer Network Architects | $102,030 |
| 25 | Family Medicine Physicians | $278,820 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $31,200 |
| Cashiers | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Animal Caretakers | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,200 |
| Dishwashers | $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 |
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 ($57,871 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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