Project Management Specialists · SOC 13-1082
Project Management Specialists Salary in the Illinois
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Illinois
Figures describe the state of Illinois as a whole.
Project Management Specialists in the Illinois earned a median of $103,470 per year ($49.75 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $65,300 at the 10th percentile to $163,910 at the 90th. BLS estimates 27,180 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Project Management Specialists in the Illinois earn more than $103,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $81,000 and $132,360.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $65,300 | $81,000 | $103,470 | $132,360 | $163,910 |
| Hourly | $31.39 | $38.94 | $49.75 | $63.63 | $78.80 |
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
- Illinois$103,470 median for Illinois; middle half earns $81,000 to $132,360
- United Statesnational$102,320 median for United States; middle half earns $78,440 to $133,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Illinois
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for project management specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Illinoisthis page$103,470 median for Illinois; middle half earns $81,000 to $132,360
- $123,730 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $90,960 to $153,640
- $105,320 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $82,770 to $133,980
- $102,870 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $74,610 to $115,080
- $101,110 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $82,800 to $152,700
- $100,030 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $80,390 to $118,200
- $95,790 median for Kankakee metro area; middle half earns $77,060 to $120,530
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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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.