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Chief Executive Salary in Springfield, Illinois

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Springfield, Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of chief executives in Springfield is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Springfield, Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$111,370
25th Percentile Wage
$138,270
50th Percentile Wage
$191,910
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Springfield, Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $191,910. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $138,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $111,370.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2019)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$191,910
15.95% 32.75%
2018
$161,300
1.41% -
2017
$159,020
7.58% -
2016
$146,960
12.19% -
2012
$129,050
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Springfield with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $191,910 in Springfield is in the middle of salary range for chief executives in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of chief executives in Springfield is 5.0 percent (5.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) and 53.6 percent (53.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying South Illinois nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$202,010
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$195,300
Springfield
$191,910
Rockford
$188,410
Bloomington
$183,480
Champaign-Urbana
$169,190
Peoria
$164,170
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$160,070
Decatur
$158,230
Danville
$150,830
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$144,590
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$138,850
Carbondale-Marion
$129,980
Bloomington-Normal
$126,050
Kankakee-Bradley
$124,200
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$89,100

See also: Top paying jobs in Springfield, Illinois.