Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics · SOC 49-3023
Automotive Service Technician 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.
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,260 per year ($23.20 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,270 at the 10th percentile to $77,360 at the 90th. BLS estimates 900 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,260 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,830 and $60,140.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $35,270 | $37,830 | $48,260 | $60,140 | $77,360 |
| Hourly | $16.96 | $18.19 | $23.20 | $28.91 | $37.19 |
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$48,260 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,830 to $60,140
- Illinoisstate$49,170 median for Illinois; middle half earns $38,310 to $73,640
- United Statesnational$50,620 median for United States; middle half earns $38,900 to $70,430
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −2% vs Illinois overall and −5% 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 automotive service technicians and mechanics, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan areathis page$48,260 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $37,830 to $60,140
- $55,320 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $39,240 to $78,370
- $48,810 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $37,400 to $63,270
- $48,110 median for Rockford metro area; middle half earns $37,700 to $64,750
- $48,090 median for Champaign metro area; middle half earns $38,420 to $64,640
- $47,880 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $36,770 to $60,370
- $47,750 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $37,350 to $73,880
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 automotive service technicians · 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.