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Average Material Moving Workers, All Other Salary in Illinois

Material Moving Workers, All Other in Illinois earn a median annual salary of $40,390, which is -3.1% compared to the national median. There are 310 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Illinois (state).

$40,390
Illinois median annual wage
$19/hour median
-3.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,690
310
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.32
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$35,430
25th
$36,240
Median
$40,390
75th
$47,110
90th
$49,220

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
$40,407
Goods: 103.8%
Services: 85.0%
Rents: 93.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$67,440Compare80
New Jersey$64,850Compare640
Colorado$60,680Compare510
New York$59,860CompareN/A
Maine$58,410Compare70
Vermont$58,080Compare30

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

Illinois has salary data for 757 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is General Internal Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Material Moving Workers, All Other in Illinois

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Material Moving Workers, All Other are projected to change by +4.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,100 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.