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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 $43.18 $53.30 $65.22
Yearly $89,805 $110,879 $135,654
    Champaign Area Hourly $38.43 $47.34 $61.33
Yearly $79,925 $98,476 $127,568
    Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area Hourly $39.14 $49.01 $65.32
Yearly $81,412 $101,955 $135,857
    Cook County Hourly $43.21 $53.87 $67.16
Yearly $89,861 $112,041 $139,688
    Decatur Area Hourly $44.91 $51.51 $68.29
Yearly $93,424 $107,151 $142,043
    Dekalb-Elgin-Aurora Area Hourly $40.51 $51.55 $64.57
Yearly $84,268 $107,240 $134,296
    Du Page County Hourly $46.35 $55.60 $66.39
Yearly $96,414 $115,666 $138,090
    Edwardsville Area Hourly $41.03 $49.36 $64.67
Yearly $85,329 $102,688 $134,518
    Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area Hourly $41.25 $50.82 $63.84
Yearly $85,811 $105,707 $132,790
    Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area Hourly $47.30 $56.92 $78.18
Yearly $98,388 $118,391 $162,611
    Lake County Hourly $50.22 $62.10 $64.62
Yearly $104,451 $129,174 $134,417
    McHenry County Hourly $40.51 $49.84 $62.54
Yearly $84,265 $103,657 $130,081
    Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area Hourly $42.70 $47.90 $60.15
Yearly $88,816 $99,646 $125,105
    Northwest Illinois Area Hourly $37.82 $50.89 $61.06
Yearly $78,668 $105,844 $127,004
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly $40.72 $49.31 $64.88
Yearly $84,696 $102,578 $134,938
    Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area Hourly $42.29 $47.88 $59.02
Yearly $87,956 $99,608 $122,754
    Rock Island-Moline Area Hourly $40.78 $50.79 $65.83
Yearly $84,830 $105,652 $136,934
    Rockford Area Hourly $41.43 $53.32 $58.02
Yearly $86,172 $110,902 $120,675
    Shawnee National Forest Area Hourly $39.36 $43.18 $52.15
Yearly $81,862 $89,804 $108,477
    Springfield Area Hourly $40.30 $50.72 $62.68
Yearly $83,809 $105,503 $130,372
    St Louis-Belleville Area Hourly $41.28 $51.40 $62.78
Yearly $85,872 $106,915 $130,586
    Will County Hourly $50.59 $62.36 $62.36
Yearly $105,227 $129,701 $129,701
United States Hourly $44.63 $58.00 $73.53
Yearly $92,830 $120,630 $152,950

Electronics engineers, except computer (SOC 17-2072)

Location
Pay Period
25%
Median
75%
Illinois Hourly $51.63 $63.95 $79.85
Yearly $107,374 $133,012 $166,103
    Cook County Hourly $51.63 $63.95 $85.85
Yearly $107,372 $133,015 $178,573
    Du Page County Hourly $55.55 $64.56 $86.02
Yearly $115,553 $134,290 $178,930
    Edwardsville Area Hourly $46.00 $50.50 $55.69
Yearly $95,677 $105,037 $115,833
    Lake County Hourly $49.81 $60.82 $66.83
Yearly $103,598 $126,505 $139,012
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly $51.87 $63.99 $64.88
Yearly $107,894 $133,113 $134,939
    St Louis-Belleville Area Hourly $50.10 $55.00 $67.64
Yearly $104,220 $114,397 $140,695
United States Hourly $48.88 $62.60 $80.61
Yearly $101,680 $130,220 $167,670

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