Illinois · 2025 pay · 66,728 people
How much are state social services employees paid in Illinois?
$29,300typical pay for state social services employees, 2025
$12,600 – $61,300what most people earned
Counts everyone paid during the year, including part-year workers, at the 5 employers listed below.
✓ Official data from Illinois Comptroller · Matches the agency's latest release · illinoiscomptroller.gov ↗
Pay by employer
Typical pay counts everyone paid during each employer's latest year.
Other types of employer in Illinois
- State prisons and corrections13,968 people$91,500
- Governor's and statewide elected offices5,546 people$49,000
- State police and public safety4,168 people$109,500
- State environment and natural resources agencies3,939 people$65,600
- State health agencies3,637 people$88,100
- State administration and technology agencies3,602 people$81,600
- State revenue and finance agencies2,902 people$77,300
- Courts2,475 people$108,800
- State legislature2,090 people$45,400
- State courts and legal offices1,968 people$83,100
- State regulation and licensing agencies1,601 people$90,900
- State education agencies1,548 people$70,300
- State labor and workforce agencies1,533 people$83,800
Each employer is placed in one type, following the US Census Bureau's types of government; state agencies are also grouped by what they do. This page: State agencies: Social services. Employers we could not place with confidence are left out. "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this