Illinois · 2025 pay · 207 people
How much does a student worker make in Illinois?
$6,000typical pay for a student worker in 2025
$5,100 – $6,800what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 11.1% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Illinois Comptroller · Matches the agency's latest release · illinoiscomptroller.gov ↗
Where student workers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Secretary of State130 people$5,900
- Department of Central Management Services14 people$6,100
- Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity9 people$5,600
- Department of Human Services9 people$5,900
- Environmental Protection Agency8 people$6,000
- Department of State Police6 people$6,100
- Workers' Compensation Commission5 people$16,700
- Department of Corrections5 people$6,100
- Liquor Control Commission4 people$6,600
- Capital Development Board4 people$6,800
- Department of Employment Security2 people$5,400
- Criminal Justice Information Authority2 people$5,500
- Department of Public Health2 people$3,450
- Department of Revenue1 person$3,600
- Department of Natural Resources1 person$8,600
- Department of Agriculture1 person$5,100
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum1 person$5,000
- Attorney General1 person$17,300
- Department of Labor1 person$5,800
- Department of Transportation1 person$5,300
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Highest-paid student workers, 2025
- 1Jean Aime MukunaStudent Worker · Department of Central Management Services$24,200
- 2Claire SmithStudent Worker · Attorney General$17,300
- 3Antoine ArnoldStudent Worker · Workers' Compensation Commission$17,300
- 4Yaa OwusuStudent Worker · Workers' Compensation Commission$16,700
- 5Emely ValdezStudent Worker · Workers' Compensation Commission$16,700
Common questions
How much does a student worker make in Illinois?
The typical student worker was paid $6,000 in 2025; most earned between $5,100 and $6,800. This counts all 207 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Student Worker, at any level (for example "Student Worker"). 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