Illinois · 2025 pay · 62 people
How much does an operations assistant make in Illinois?
$41,300typical pay for a operations assistant in 2025
$38,675 – $42,700what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 11.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Illinois Comptroller · Matches the agency's latest release · illinoiscomptroller.gov ↗
Where operations assistants work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Operations Assistant (this page)$41,300 (everyone)
- Operations Associate$41,600 (everyone)
- Operations Supervisor$131,900 (everyone)
Highest-paid operations assistants, 2025
- 1S Scheuer-SyfertOperations Assistant · Secretary of State$54,600
- 2Eric MooreOperations Assistant · Secretary of State$51,500
- 3Jerry BarnstableOperations Assistant · Secretary of State$50,000
- 4Merranda BrooksOperations Assistant · Secretary of State$50,000
- 5Rocco CatalanoOperations Assistant · Secretary of State$50,000
Common questions
How much does an operations assistant make in Illinois?
The typical operations assistant was paid $41,300 in 2025; most earned between $38,675 and $42,700. This counts all 62 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Operations Assistant, at any level (for example "Operations Assistant"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this