Illinois · 2025 pay · 2,337 people
How much are engineers, architects and drafters paid in Illinois?
$97,200typical pay for engineers, architects and drafters, 2025
$67,700 – $122,600what most people earned
Counts everyone paid during the year, including part-year workers, in the 10 jobs listed below (part-time-schedule titles left out).
✓ Official data from Illinois Comptroller · Matches the agency's latest release · illinoiscomptroller.gov ↗✓ Official data from Town of Normal · Matches the agency's latest release · normalil.gov ↗
Pay by job
Typical pay counts everyone paid during each job's latest year.
- Civil Engineer968 people$114,000
- Engineering Technician862 people$89,100
- Environmental Protection Engineer232 people$86,450
- Seasonal Engineering Intern100 people$11,050
- Civil Engineer Trainee64 people$30,150
- Land Surveyor43 people$110,200
- Civil Engineer VII42 people$160,150
- Electrical Engineer13 people$105,800
- Environmental Engineer8 people$106,650
- Landscape Architect5 people$122,900
Other job groups in Illinois
- Police, fire and security11,130 people$93,000
- Social work and counseling9,443 people$82,300
- Office and administrative support8,635 people$52,500
- Managers8,099 people$121,400
- Healthcare support4,592 people$73,100
- Construction and trades4,296 people$85,800
- Business and finance jobs3,745 people$80,000
- Doctors, nurses and health professionals2,157 people$115,700
- Legal jobs2,092 people$134,600
- Computer and IT jobs1,342 people$103,750
- Science jobs805 people$93,500
- Arts, media and sports594 people$85,050
- Maintenance and repair400 people$96,250
- Cleaning and grounds217 people$68,800
Jobs are grouped by the federal Standard Occupational Classification (SOC 2018) major groups. This page: Architecture and Engineering Occupations (SOC 17-0000). Job titles we could not place with confidence are left out. "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this