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Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Wages & Trends

Most electrical and electronics engineers work for companies that offer benefits. These benefits may include paid holidays and vacations, sick leave, health insurance, and a retirement plan.

Electrical engineers (SOC 17-2071)
Location
Pay Period
25%
Median
75%
Illinois Hourly $39.12 $48.42 $62.86
Yearly $81,375 $100,718 $130,744
    Champaign Area Hourly $36.81 $41.50 $53.12
Yearly $76,576 $86,311 $110,486
    Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area Hourly $39.12 $47.65 $50.36
Yearly $81,375 $99,115 $104,749
    Cook County Hourly $39.75 $49.86 $63.86
Yearly $82,685 $103,689 $132,843
    Decatur Area Hourly $45.84 $53.89 $64.99
Yearly $95,341 $112,105 $135,179
    Dekalb-Elgin-Aurora Area Hourly $39.10 $48.47 $61.25
Yearly $81,327 $100,825 $127,386
    Edwardsville Area Hourly $34.34 $41.38 $54.13
Yearly $71,434 $86,068 $112,592
    Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area Hourly $30.88 $35.90 $52.58
Yearly $64,240 $74,669 $109,366
    Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area Hourly $46.03 $49.94 $73.96
Yearly $95,743 $103,875 $153,836
    Lake County Hourly $39.62 $50.06 $61.72
Yearly $82,409 $104,141 $128,389
    McHenry County Hourly $37.41 $43.20 $58.57
Yearly $77,829 $89,845 $121,818
    Mt. Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area Hourly $39.34 $48.42 $64.66
Yearly $81,828 $100,721 $134,496
    Northwest Illinois Area Hourly $46.95 $58.43 $68.62
Yearly $97,651 $121,541 $142,728
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly $38.03 $39.82 $51.72
Yearly $79,096 $82,827 $107,583
    Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area Hourly $36.84 $40.83 $50.70
Yearly $76,633 $84,919 $105,450
    Rock Island-Moline Area Hourly $37.56 $46.77 $60.90
Yearly $78,115 $97,284 $126,677
    Rockford Area Hourly $36.82 $46.75 $52.38
Yearly $76,597 $97,233 $108,943
    Shawnee National Forest Area Hourly $36.28 $44.07 $52.34
Yearly $75,458 $91,668 $108,861
    Springfield Area Hourly $40.10 $47.68 $61.69
Yearly $83,412 $99,180 $128,329
    St. Louis-Belleville Area Hourly $39.76 $49.64 $60.20
Yearly $82,702 $103,238 $125,214
    Vermilion County Hourly $33.21 $41.29 $48.13
Yearly $69,077 $85,888 $100,122
    Will County Hourly $37.89 $48.97 $63.67
Yearly $78,820 $101,872 $132,432
United States Hourly $38.73 $49.67 $63.89
Yearly $80,550 $103,320 $132,880

Electronics engineers, except computer (SOC 17-2072)

Location
Pay Period
25%
Median
75%
Illinois Hourly $41.54 $53.29 $66.53
Yearly $86,398 $110,855 $138,381
    Champaign Area Hourly $29.75 $40.38 $65.47
Yearly $61,878 $84,003 $136,189
    Cook County Hourly $46.47 $53.52 $69.06
Yearly $96,648 $111,331 $143,638
    Dekalb-Elgin-Aurora Area Hourly $50.74 $66.25 $71.98
Yearly $105,541 $137,810 $149,723
    Edwardsville Area Hourly $26.76 $48.90 $64.39
Yearly $55,665 $101,703 $133,931
    Lake County Hourly $37.45 $45.83 $66.53
Yearly $77,879 $95,324 $138,391
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly $39.60 $45.55 $59.04
Yearly $82,365 $94,735 $122,792
    Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area Hourly $33.97 $39.13 $47.52
Yearly $70,652 $81,386 $98,839
    Rock Island-Moline Area Hourly $32.96 $42.38 $47.43
Yearly $68,567 $88,143 $98,643
    Rockford Area Hourly $35.13 $45.97 $64.13
Yearly $73,065 $95,615 $133,400
    St. Louis-Belleville Area Hourly $36.76 $52.71 $59.73
Yearly $76,465 $109,639 $124,250
    Will County Hourly $31.83 $43.21 $71.97
Yearly $66,208 $89,881 $149,700
United States Hourly $41.44 $52.00 $66.28
Yearly $86,190 $108,170 $137,870

Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.