Average Audiovisual Equipment Installers And Repairers Salary in Illinois

Audiovisual Equipment Installers And Repairers in Illinois earn a median annual salary of $62,870, which is +19.5% compared to the national median. There are 530 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Illinois (state).

$62,870

Illinois median annual wage

$30/hour median

+19.5%

Difference vs national median

National median is $52,600

530

Local employment

0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers

0.68

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $45,230
25th: $54,580
Median: $62,870
75th: $79,480
90th: $99,710

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Illinois, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

100.0%

Exact state RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$62,896

Goods: 103.8%
Services: 85.0%
Rents: 93.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Connecticut	$74,890	Compare	N/A
Washington	$70,720	Compare	350
Delaware	$69,990	Compare	N/A
Maryland	$65,160	Compare	200
Iowa	$64,390	Compare	N/A
New Hampshire	$62,810	Compare	N/A

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Illinois

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Cardiologists	$517,850	0.51
Surgeons, All Other	$438,010	0.63
Dermatologists	$435,750	N/A
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$426,580	0.30
Physicians, Pathologists	$381,770	N/A
Orthodontists	$343,100	N/A
Chief Executives	$331,920	0.58
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers	$293,490	1.59

Illinois has salary data for 759 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Audiovisual Equipment Installers And Repairers in Illinois

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Audiovisual Equipment Installers And Repairers are projected to change by +6.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.