Illinois · 2025 pay · 27 people
How much does a senior project manager make in Illinois?
$127,200typical pay for a senior project manager in 2025
$117,650 – $135,850what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 0.9% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Illinois Comptroller · Matches the agency's latest release · illinoiscomptroller.gov ↗
Where senior project managers 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).
- Project Manager$95,100 (everyone)
- Senior Project Manager (this page)$127,200 (everyone)
Highest-paid senior project managers, 2025
- 1Elias AjamiSenior Project Manager · State Toll Highway Authority$146,500
- 2Christopher MacgibbonSenior Project Manager · Capital Development Board$139,600
- 3Richard HanbaSenior Project Manager · State Toll Highway Authority$138,300
- 4Mark FlowersSenior Project Manager · Office of the Architect of the Capitol$137,100
- 5Reeve SainvilSenior Project Manager · State Toll Highway Authority$137,000
Common questions
How much does a senior project manager make in Illinois?
The typical senior project manager was paid $127,200 in 2025; most earned between $117,650 and $135,850. This counts all 27 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Senior Project Manager, at any level (for example "Senior Project Manager"). 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