Accountants and Auditors · SOC 13-2011
Accountant and Auditor Salary in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Accountants and Auditors in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $73,400 per year ($35.29 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,490 at the 10th percentile to $104,570 at the 90th. BLS estimates 670 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Accountants and Auditors in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earn more than $73,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,760 and $86,800.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $46,490 | $56,760 | $73,400 | $86,800 | $104,570 |
| Hourly | $22.35 | $27.29 | $35.29 | $41.73 | $50.28 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$73,400 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $56,760 to $86,800
- Illinoisstate$80,230 median for Illinois; middle half earns $66,290 to $102,270
- United Statesnational$83,680 median for United States; middle half earns $67,020 to $109,810
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −9% vs Illinois overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Illinois
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for accountants and auditors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan areathis page$73,400 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $56,760 to $86,800
- $86,440 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $64,790 to $117,590
- $82,360 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $72,280 to $103,120
- $79,540 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $64,680 to $102,150
- $76,720 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $62,420 to $97,240
- $76,510 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $61,410 to $91,730
- $75,260 median for Rockford metro area; middle half earns $59,120 to $96,650
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for accountant and auditors · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.