Springfield, IL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Springfield, IL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Springfield, IL moved from $49,550 in May 2024 to $52,670 in May 2025 (+6.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Springfield, IL sits +3.2 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Business Operations Specialists, All Other shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Springfield, IL
Business Operations Specialists, All Other publishes $95,990 here versus $83,050 nationally (+15.6%; 2,170metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $84,220 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-13.7%).
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other$95,990 in Springfield, IL sits 15.6% above the national Business Operations Specialists, All Other median of $83,050 (2,170 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$84,220 in Springfield, IL sits 13.7% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,110 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$95,990 in Springfield, IL sits 9.2% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,610 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$47,990 in Springfield, IL sits 6.6% above the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,310 published local jobs).
Business Operations Specialists, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Springfield, IL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44100 · Springfield, IL $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #80/528
- RPP-LOW 92.7
- OCC-MID 323 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $438K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-AHEAD +3.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Bend, OR
- BOOK-FULL 319 rows · May 2025
Read with Bend, OR ($123 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 Springfield, IL
Employment scale inside Springfield, IL's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Springfield, IL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 670 jobs · $133,530
- 2. Lawyers 530 jobs · $131,400
- 3. Managers, All Other 370 jobs · $131,210
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 350 jobs · $130,200
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 300 jobs · $154,230
- 6. Pharmacists 300 jobs · $135,440
- 7. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $120,820
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 160 jobs · $167,280
- 9. Marketing Managers 160 jobs · $141,530
- 10. Human Resources Managers 140 jobs · $129,310
- 11. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $209,430
- 12. Computer Network Architects 120 jobs · $122,050
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $218,310
- 14. Personal Financial Advisors 100 jobs · $154,370
- 15. Surgeons, All Other 80 jobs · $438,010
- 16. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $338,570
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $146,620
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $121,000
Occupations Tracked
323
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,459
employment-weighted, 319 complete rows
Top Salary
$438,010
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
92.7
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Springfield, IL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $438,010 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $413,890 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $338,570 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $218,310 |
| 5 | Pediatricians, General | $217,000 |
| 6 | Dentists, General | $209,430 |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physicians | $167,280 |
| 8 | Personal Financial Advisors | $154,370 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $154,230 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $146,620 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $141,530 |
| 12 | Purchasing Managers | $135,560 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $135,440 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $133,750 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $133,530 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $131,400 |
| 17 | Managers, All Other | $131,210 |
| 18 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,200 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $129,310 |
| 20 | Administrative Services Managers | $124,790 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $122,390 |
| 22 | Computer Network Architects | $122,050 |
| 23 | Industrial Production Managers | $121,000 |
| 24 | Sales Managers | $120,820 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $119,110 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Springfield, IL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $31,200 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $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 |
| Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other | $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 ($66,459 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.