Kankakee, IL metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Kankakee Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Kankakee, IL metro area

Figures describe the Kankakee, IL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Kankakee city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 183 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Kankakee, IL metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$400,280	$192.44	200
2	Pharmacists	$140,960	$67.77	90
3	Dentists, General	$137,390	$66.06	40
4	Sales Managers	$135,330	$65.06	120
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$133,150	$64.01	60
6	Nurse Practitioners	$128,320	$61.69	100
7	Financial Managers	$127,470	$61.29	170
8	Industrial Production Managers	$124,070	$59.65	120
9	Human Resources Managers	$121,560	$58.44	60
10	Marketing Managers	$121,310	$58.32	40
11	Software Developers	$116,550	$56.03	60
12	Managers, All Other	$109,340	$52.57	100
13	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$107,910	$51.88	40
14	Lawyers	$107,030	$51.46	50
15	Electricians	$105,500	$50.72	140
16	Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,720	$49.86	250
17	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$100,640	$48.39	140
18	Physical Therapists	$99,770	$47.97	60
19	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$99,470	Not published	130
20	Project Management Specialists	$95,790	$46.05	70
21	Carpenters	$95,280	$45.81	120
22	Industrial Engineers	$94,690	$45.52	80
23	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$94,270	$45.32	90
24	Facilities Managers	$93,590	$45.00	60
25	General and Operations Managers	$93,310	$44.86	970

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Kankakee metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.