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Average Information And Record Clerks, All Other Salary in Illinois

Information And Record Clerks, All Other in Illinois earn a median annual salary of $55,270, which is +11.7% compared to the national median. There are N/A 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).

$55,270
Illinois median annual wage
$27/hour median
+11.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $49,500
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$41,640
25th
$47,610
Median
$55,270
75th
$63,170
90th
$70,740

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
$55,293
Goods: 103.8%
Services: 85.0%
Rents: 93.9%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
District of Columbia $70,490 Compare 1,080
California $58,680 Compare 18,010
Rhode Island $58,470 Compare 140
Maryland $58,060 Compare 2,860
Indiana $56,310 Compare 2,080
New Jersey $55,830 Compare 3,150

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 Information And Record Clerks, All Other in Illinois

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Information And Record Clerks, All Other are projected to change by -0.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 17,800 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.