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Industrial Engineer Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of industrial engineers 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 Industrial Engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$51,050
25th Percentile Wage
$64,690
50th Percentile Wage
$80,180
75th Percentile Wage
$98,820
90th Percentile Wage
$119,080

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers 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 $119,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,050.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$80,180
0.97% 10.61%
2016
$79,400
0.88% -
2015
$78,700
3.90% -
2014
$75,630
2.57% -
2013
$73,690
2.74% -
2012
$71,670
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Table 2. Compare Industrial Engineer Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $80,180 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for industrial engineers in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial engineers in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 20.4 percent (20.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Peoria and 18.9 percent (18.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Peoria
$100,720
Kankakee-Bradley
$100,210
Decatur
$99,820
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$99,530
Bloomington
$95,710
Springfield
$93,250
Rockford
$88,290
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$84,360
Champaign-Urbana
$83,800
Danville
$82,430
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$80,740
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$80,480
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$80,180
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$79,450
Bloomington-Normal
$65,040