Rockford, IL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Rockford, IL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Rockford, IL moved from $45,970 in May 2024 to $47,120 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Rockford, IL sits -0.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Rockford, IL
Registered Nurses publishes $80,930 here versus $97,550 nationally (-17.0%; 4,620metro-area jobs). Next is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $44,200 locally versus $40,240 nationally (+9.8%).
- Registered Nurses$80,930 in Rockford, IL sits 17.0% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,620 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$44,200 in Rockford, IL sits 9.8% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (5,940 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$98,390 in Rockford, IL sits 7.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,340 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$33,540 in Rockford, IL sits 5.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,970 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Rockford, IL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40420 · Rockford, IL $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #187/528
- RPP-LOW 92.2
- OCC-MID 328 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $324K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Morgantown, WV
- BOOK-FULL 326 rows · May 2025
Read with Morgantown, WV (+$5 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Rockford, IL
Employment scale inside Rockford, IL's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Rockford, IL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 590 jobs · $135,650
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 540 jobs · $121,920
- 3. Sales Managers 510 jobs · $133,560
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 460 jobs · $120,800
- 5. Physicians, All Other 410 jobs · $323,660
- 6. Software Developers 380 jobs · $107,640
- 7. Managers, All Other 320 jobs · $127,870
- 8. Construction Managers 320 jobs · $106,870
- 9. Pharmacists 300 jobs · $134,190
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 250 jobs · $146,930
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 250 jobs · $146,600
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $127,720
- 13. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 210 jobs · $109,710
- 14. Human Resources Managers 200 jobs · $123,090
- 15. Electrical Engineers 180 jobs · $112,350
- 16. Marketing Managers 170 jobs · $124,440
- 17. Dentists, General 130 jobs · $214,670
- 18. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $323,030
Occupations Tracked
328
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,520
employment-weighted, 326 complete rows
Top Salary
$323,660
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
92.2
8% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Rockford, IL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $323,660 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $323,030 |
| 3 | Dentists, General | $214,670 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $168,210 |
| 5 | Pediatricians, General | $161,330 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $146,930 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $146,600 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $135,650 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $134,190 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $133,560 |
| 11 | Veterinarians | $132,720 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $127,870 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $127,800 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,720 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $126,970 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $124,440 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $123,090 |
| 18 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $121,920 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $120,800 |
| 20 | Information Security Analysts | $119,400 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $112,350 |
| 22 | Personal Financial Advisors | $110,850 |
| 23 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $109,710 |
| 24 | Software Developers | $107,640 |
| 25 | Construction Managers | $106,870 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Rockford, IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $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 |
| Bartenders | $31,200 |
| School Bus Monitors | $31,200 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $31,200 |
| Library Technicians | $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 ($60,520 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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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.