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Civil Engineering Technician Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of civil engineering technicians in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of civil engineering technicians in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Civil Engineering Technicians in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,160
25th Percentile Wage
$44,840
50th Percentile Wage
$64,960
75th Percentile Wage
$75,820
90th Percentile Wage
$84,430

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineering technicians in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $84,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,960. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,160.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineering technicians from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$64,960
8.31% 10.90%
2016
$59,560
7.03% -
2015
$55,370
-0.33% -
2014
$55,550
2.39% -
2013
$54,220
-6.75% -
2012
$57,880
- -

Table 2. Compare Civil Engineering Technician Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,960 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for civil engineering technicians in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineering technicians in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 9.7 percent (9.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) and 39.7 percent (39.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Decatur.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$71,960
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$67,680
Springfield
$67,390
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$66,640
Peoria
$64,980
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$64,960
Rockford
$62,220
Carbondale-Marion
$61,900
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$60,210
Champaign-Urbana
$52,610
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$47,600
Decatur
$39,180