Peoria, IL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.2) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Peoria, IL moved from $47,990 in May 2024 to $49,590 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Peoria, IL sits +0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Mechanical Engineers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Peoria, IL
Mechanical Engineers publishes $128,710 here versus $104,110 nationally (+23.6%; 2,120metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $81,010 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-17.0%).
- Mechanical Engineers$128,710 in Peoria, IL sits 23.6% above the national Mechanical Engineers median of $104,110 (2,120 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$81,010 in Peoria, IL sits 17.0% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (5,460 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$31,200 in Peoria, IL sits 11.4% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,340 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$39,840 in Peoria, IL sits 11.0% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (2,260 published local jobs).
Mechanical Engineers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Peoria, IL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37900 · Peoria, IL $67K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #76/528
- RPP-LOW 91.2
- OCC-MID 377 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $311K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Palm Bay-Melbour…
- BOOK-FULL 370 rows · May 2025
Read with Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL ($21 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 Peoria, IL
Where Peoria, IL already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Peoria, IL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 1,650 jobs · $130,590
- 2. Financial Managers 1,170 jobs · $155,840
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 880 jobs · $173,870
- 4. Managers, All Other 640 jobs · $132,900
- 5. Sales Managers 600 jobs · $131,660
- 6. Physicians, All Other 580 jobs · $224,690
- 7. Lawyers 560 jobs · $161,150
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 540 jobs · $212,820
- 9. Marketing Managers 480 jobs · $155,400
- 10. Information Security Analysts 460 jobs · $132,090
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 370 jobs · $129,500
- 12. Pharmacists 340 jobs · $139,900
- 13. Nurse Practitioners 320 jobs · $128,920
- 14. Human Resources Managers 310 jobs · $154,490
- 15. Computer Network Architects 260 jobs · $144,680
- 16. Purchasing Managers 210 jobs · $174,430
- 17. Operations Research Analysts 130 jobs · $129,300
- 18. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $168,780
Occupations Tracked
377
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,871
employment-weighted, 370 complete rows
Top Salary
$310,930
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
91.2
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Peoria, 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 | Software Developers | $130,590 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $155,840 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,870 |
| 4 | Managers, All Other | $132,900 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $131,660 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $224,690 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $161,150 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $212,820 |
| 9 | Marketing Managers | $155,400 |
| 10 | Information Security Analysts | $132,090 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $129,500 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $139,900 |
| 13 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,920 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $154,490 |
| 15 | Computer Network Architects | $144,680 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $174,430 |
| 17 | Operations Research Analysts | $129,300 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $168,780 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $133,170 |
| 20 | Nurse Anesthetists | $310,930 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $270,090 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $135,860 |
| 23 | Family Medicine Physicians | $241,910 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $166,600 |
| 25 | Database Architects | $154,400 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Peoria, IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $31,200 |
| Advertising Sales Agents | $31,200 |
| Cashiers | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $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 ($66,871 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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How to use Peoria, IL wage figures in a real decision
- Nurse Anesthetists leads published medians in Peoria, IL at $310,930/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Nurse Anesthetists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $66,871 adjusts to about $73,299 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.2. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IL before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.