Nurse Salary in Illinois

How much does a Nurse make in Illinois?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Nurse in Illinois is $88,126 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $42.

However, a Nurse's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $103,831
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $82,261 to $96,346
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $76,922

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Nurse Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$96,346	$8,029	$1,853	$46
Average	$88,126	$7,344	$1,695	$42
25th Percentile	$82,261	$6,855	$1,582	$40

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Key Factors That Influence Nurse Salaries

A Nurse's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Nurse Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Nurses. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $95,725.
California: $95,362.
Massachusetts: $94,091.

District of Columbia $95,725 California $95,362 Massachusetts $94,091 Washington $93,745 New Jersey $93,711 Alaska $93,590 Connecticut $92,397 New York $91,913

Hawaii $90,365 Rhode Island $89,639 Maryland $89,146 Minnesota $88,472 Colorado $88,212 Illinois $88,126 Oregon $87,797 Delaware $87,555

New Hampshire $87,403 Virginia $87,062 Pennsylvania $86,068 Nevada $85,567 North Dakota $85,402 Michigan $85,143 Wisconsin $85,048 Vermont $84,858

Texas $84,330 Maine $84,296 Arizona $84,244 Ohio $84,183 Georgia $83,388 Indiana $82,990 Wyoming $82,912 Utah $82,791

Iowa $82,739 Kansas $82,324 Louisiana $82,203 North Carolina $82,160 Missouri $82,143 Florida $81,806 Montana $81,624 Nebraska $81,451

Kentucky $81,356 South Carolina $81,010 Tennessee $80,794 Idaho $80,708 New Mexico $80,077 Oklahoma $79,938 Alabama $79,428 South Dakota $78,572

Arkansas $78,105 West Virginia $77,855 Mississippi $77,102

Top Paying Cities for Nurses

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Effingham: $81,234
Saint Peter: $81,123
Salem: $81,431

Effingham, IL $81,234 Saint Peter, IL $81,123 Salem, IL $81,431 Sandoval, IL $81,689 Scheller, IL $81,333 Sesser, IL $81,342 Shobonier, IL $81,385 Harwood Heights, IL $89,251

Elmwood Park, IL $89,285 Lincolnwood, IL $89,266 Niles, IL $89,171 Alsip, IL $88,453 Cicero, IL $89,306 Evergreen Park, IL $88,986 Riverdale, IL $87,628 Kankakee, IL $83,384

Aroma Park, IL $83,335 Ashkum, IL $81,840 Beaverville, IL $82,873 Bone Gap, IL $80,359 Bonnie, IL $81,187 Broughton, IL $81,173 Browns, IL $80,598 Buckner, IL $81,326

Burnt Prairie, IL $80,947 Carmi, IL $81,512 Christopher, IL $81,522 Cisne, IL $81,092 Clay City, IL $80,812 Coello, IL $81,389 Crossville, IL $81,162 Dahlgren, IL $81,158

Dale, IL $81,335 Dix, IL $81,393 Du Bois, IL $81,530 Du Quoin, IL $81,503 Ellery, IL $80,792 Emma, IL $81,549 Enfield, IL $81,220 Ewing, IL $81,168

Fairfield, IL $81,085 Farina, IL $81,050 Flora, IL $81,217 Frankfort Heights, IL $81,382 Freeman Spur, IL $81,443 Geff, IL $81,006 Golden Gate, IL $80,803 Grayville, IL $80,947

Ina, IL $81,309 Irvington, IL $81,821 Iuka, IL $81,097 Johnsonville, IL $81,071 Keenes, IL $81,062 Keensburg, IL $80,466 Kell, IL $81,290 Kinmundy, IL $81,077

Lancaster, IL $79,330 Logan, IL $81,389 Loogootee, IL $81,077 Louisville, IL $81,066 Mc Leansboro, IL $81,263 Macedonia, IL $81,134 Maunie, IL $81,577 Mill Shoals, IL $81,086

Mount Carmel, IL $80,035 Mount Vernon, IL $81,360 Mulkeytown, IL $81,214 Nason, IL $81,207 New Haven, IL $81,533 Noble, IL $80,525 Norris City, IL $81,388 Odin, IL $81,554

Omaha, IL $81,315 Opdyke, IL $81,220 Orient, IL $81,376 Patoka, IL $81,537 Radom, IL $81,678 Richview, IL $81,614 Rinard, IL $81,035 Sailor Springs, IL $81,115

Allendale, IL $78,443 Altamont, IL $81,135 Annapolis, IL $79,961 Beecher City, IL $81,065 Bridgeport, IL $78,155 Brownstown, IL $81,177 Calhoun, IL $79,422 Casey, IL $80,454

Claremont, IL $79,126 Cowden, IL $81,209 Dennison, IL $78,842 Dieterich, IL $81,077 Dundas, IL $80,047 Edgewood, IL $81,076 Flat Rock, IL $78,240 Greenup, IL $80,740

Herrick, IL $81,316 Hidalgo, IL $80,663 Hutsonville, IL $79,440 Ingraham, IL $80,762 Janesville, IL $81,026 Jewett, IL $80,893 Lakewood, IL $81,271 Lawrenceville, IL $77,648

Lerna, IL $81,104 Marshall, IL $79,221 Martinsville, IL $79,777 Alden, IL $83,284 Antioch, IL $83,787 Arlington Heights, IL $87,337 Elk Grove Village, IL $87,910 Rolling Meadows, IL $87,408

Barrington, IL $85,702 Crystal Lake, IL $83,842 Cary, IL $84,597 Deerfield, IL $87,219 Des Plaines, IL $88,523 Fox Lake, IL $83,776 Fox River Grove, IL $84,942 Glencoe, IL $88,250

Glenview, IL $88,753 Mansfield, IL $83,495 Milmine, IL $82,896 Monticello, IL $83,319 Muncie, IL $82,989 Oakwood, IL $82,629 Ogden, IL $83,475 Penfield, IL $83,267

Pesotum, IL $83,517 Philo, IL $83,763 Potomac, IL $82,895 Rantoul, IL $83,587 Ridge Farm, IL $81,302 Royal, IL $83,551 Sadorus, IL $83,588 Saint Joseph, IL $83,779

Savoy, IL $84,166 Seymour, IL $83,894 Sidell, IL $82,218 Sidney, IL $83,658 Thomasboro, IL $83,814 Tolono, IL $83,859 Weldon, IL $82,714 Westville, IL $81,942

White Heath, IL $83,666 Arcola, IL $82,182 Arthur, IL $82,642 Ashmore, IL $81,196 Atwood, IL $83,089 Bethany, IL $81,743 Brocton, IL $81,248 Camargo, IL $82,693

Charleston, IL $81,417 Chrisman, IL $80,517 Dalton City, IL $81,760 Gays, IL $81,322 Hammond, IL $82,726 Hindsboro, IL $81,928 Humboldt, IL $81,763 Hume, IL $81,712

Kansas, IL $80,345 La Place, IL $82,240 Lovington, IL $82,095 Mattoon, IL $81,498 Metcalf, IL $81,400 Murdock, IL $82,666 Newman, IL $82,474 Oakland, IL $81,596

Paris, IL $79,518 Redmon, IL $80,687 Oquawka, IL $81,278 Homer, IL $83,355 Indianola, IL $81,861 Ivesdale, IL $83,593 Longview, IL $83,246 Sullivan, IL $81,862

Tuscola, IL $82,944 Vermilion, IL $79,047 Villa Grove, IL $83,157 Windsor, IL $81,308 Alhambra, IL $82,632 Alton, IL $82,906 Batchtown, IL $82,043 Benld, IL $82,290

Bethalto, IL $82,920 Bingham, IL $81,294 Brighton, IL $82,652 Brussels, IL $82,554 Bunker Hill, IL $82,554 Butler, IL $81,691 Carrollton, IL $81,854 Coffeen, IL $81,701

Cottage Hills, IL $82,950 Donnellson, IL $81,784 Dorsey, IL $82,715 Dow, IL $82,707 Eagarville, IL $82,220 East Alton, IL $83,026 Edwardsville, IL $82,985 Eldred, IL $81,756

Elsah, IL $82,784 Fidelity, IL $82,370 Fieldon, IL $82,325 Fillmore, IL $81,469 Gillespie, IL $82,196 Glen Carbon, IL $83,163 Godfrey, IL $82,851 Golden Eagle, IL $82,589

Grafton, IL $82,591 Granite City, IL $83,403 Greenfield, IL $81,704 Hamburg, IL $81,667 Hamel, IL $82,752 Hardin, IL $82,066 Hartford, IL $83,307 Hillsboro, IL $81,836

Hillview, IL $81,349 Irving, IL $81,641 Jerseyville, IL $82,452 Kampsville, IL $81,588 Kane, IL $82,024 Litchfield, IL $81,963 Livingston, IL $82,505 Dover, IL $81,746

Eldena, IL $82,141 Grand Ridge, IL $81,566 Granville, IL $81,589 Hennepin, IL $81,566 Kasbeer, IL $81,496 Ladd, IL $81,762 La Moille, IL $81,521 Lee Center, IL $82,422

Leonore, IL $81,766 Long Point, IL $81,677 Lostant, IL $81,538 Mc Nabb, IL $81,575 Magnolia, IL $81,551 Malden, IL $81,529 Manlius, IL $81,490 Mark, IL $81,809

Marseilles, IL $82,186 Mendota, IL $81,838 Mineral, IL $81,339 Neponset, IL $81,352 New Bedford, IL $81,585 Oglesby, IL $81,671 Depue, IL $81,734 Ohio, IL $81,439

Ottawa, IL $81,699 Paw Paw, IL $82,478 Peru, IL $81,718 Princeton, IL $81,512 Rutland, IL $81,631 Seatonville, IL $81,740 Seneca, IL $82,530 Sheffield, IL $81,360

Spring Valley, IL $81,705 Standard, IL $81,775 Streator, IL $81,839 Sublette, IL $81,710 Tiskilwa, IL $81,456 Toluca, IL $81,756 Tonica, IL $81,571 Triumph, IL $81,933

Troy Grove, IL $81,731 Utica, IL $81,504 Van Orin, IL $81,528 Varna, IL $81,773 Walnut, IL $81,443 Wenona, IL $81,640 West Brooklyn, IL $82,079 Wyanet, IL $81,429

Galesburg, IL $81,502 Abingdon, IL $81,393 Adair, IL $81,196 Alexis, IL $81,259 Alpha, IL $81,257 Altona, IL $81,303 Avon, IL $81,304 Bardolph, IL $81,469

Berwick, IL $81,148 Biggsville, IL $81,150 Bishop Hill, IL $81,294 Blandinsville, IL $81,055 Bradford, IL $81,408 Bushnell, IL $81,359 Cameron, IL $81,225 Camp Grove, IL $81,675

Carman, IL $81,086 Castleton, IL $81,561 Cuba, IL $81,723 Dahinda, IL $81,456 East Galesburg, IL $81,574 Ellisville, IL $81,392 Fairview, IL $81,618 Fiatt, IL $81,764

Galva, IL $81,323 Gerlaw, IL $81,254 Gilson, IL $81,337 Gladstone, IL $81,151 Good Hope, IL $81,156 Henderson, IL $81,278 Industry, IL $81,128 Ipava, IL $81,412

Keithsburg, IL $81,235 Kewanee, IL $81,326 Kirkwood, IL $81,225 Knoxville, IL $81,437 La Fayette, IL $81,388 La Harpe, IL $81,093 Laura, IL $81,681 Littleton, IL $80,990

Little York, IL $81,223 Lomax, IL $81,111 Macomb, IL $81,311 Maquon, IL $81,520 Marietta, IL $81,309 Media, IL $81,100 Monmouth, IL $81,358 New Windsor, IL $81,253

North Henderson, IL $81,262 Oneida, IL $81,294 Ophiem, IL $81,239 Bloomington, IL $82,256 Anchor, IL $82,094 Armington, IL $81,967 Arrowsmith, IL $82,584 Atlanta, IL $81,929

Bellflower, IL $83,147 Carlock, IL $81,918 Chenoa, IL $81,659 Clinton, IL $81,960 Colfax, IL $81,845 Congerville, IL $81,935 Cooksville, IL $81,695 Cropsey, IL $81,999

Danvers, IL $81,975 Deer Creek, IL $82,051 Delavan, IL $81,975 Dewitt, IL $82,462 Downs, IL $81,880 Ellsworth, IL $81,853 El Paso, IL $81,752 Fairbury, IL $81,813

Flanagan, IL $81,667 Forrest, IL $81,924 Goodfield, IL $81,987 Graymont, IL $81,648 Gridley, IL $81,733 Heyworth, IL $81,819 Hopedale, IL $81,977 Hudson, IL $81,874

Kenney, IL $81,883 Lane, IL $82,451 Lawndale, IL $81,904 Le Roy, IL $82,119 Lexington, IL $81,743 Mc Lean, IL $81,926 Mackinaw, IL $82,009 Maroa, IL $81,868

Merna, IL $81,793 Minier, IL $81,948 Minonk, IL $81,716 Normal, IL $82,173 Pontiac, IL $81,761 Saunemin, IL $81,485 Saybrook, IL $82,803 Secor, IL $81,871

Shirley, IL $81,790 Sibley, IL $82,267 Stanford, IL $81,957 Strawn, IL $82,045 Towanda, IL $81,802 Wapella, IL $81,763 Waynesville, IL $81,712 Urbana, IL $84,252

Allerton, IL $82,713 Alvin, IL $82,053 Armstrong, IL $83,380 Bement, IL $83,123 Bismarck, IL $81,990 Bondville, IL $84,039 Broadlands, IL $83,154 Catlin, IL $82,191

Cerro Gordo, IL $82,643 Champaign, IL $84,252 Cisco, IL $82,826 Collison, IL $82,998 Danville, IL $82,292 Tilton, IL $82,326 De Land, IL $83,152 Dewey, IL $83,662

Fairmount, IL $82,725 Farmer City, IL $82,935 Fisher, IL $83,523 Fithian, IL $83,109 Foosland, IL $83,299 Georgetown, IL $81,583 Gifford, IL $83,377 Henning, IL $82,441

Prairie City, IL $81,303 Raritan, IL $81,506 Rio, IL $81,267 Roseville, IL $81,148 Saint Augustine, IL $81,263 Sciota, IL $81,014 Seaton, IL $81,244 Smithfield, IL $81,414

Smithshire, IL $81,113 Speer, IL $81,821 Stronghurst, IL $81,137 Table Grove, IL $81,304 Toulon, IL $81,499 Vermont, IL $81,268 Victoria, IL $81,392 Viola, IL $81,263

Wataga, IL $81,284 Williamsfield, IL $81,564 Woodhull, IL $81,268 Wyoming, IL $81,677 Astoria, IL $81,367 Benson, IL $81,817 Brimfield, IL $81,980 Bryant, IL $81,798

Canton, IL $81,886 Chillicothe, IL $81,992 Dunfermline, IL $81,857 Dunlap, IL $82,084 Edelstein, IL $81,974 Edwards, IL $82,152 Elmwood, IL $81,897 Eureka, IL $81,987

Farmington, IL $81,793 Forest City, IL $81,926 Glasford, IL $82,059 Green Valley, IL $82,000 Groveland, IL $82,166 Hanna City, IL $82,138 Henry, IL $81,628 Kingston Mines, IL $82,099

Lacon, IL $81,855 La Rose, IL $81,813 Lewistown, IL $81,664 Liverpool, IL $81,864 London Mills, IL $81,492 Lowpoint, IL $81,985 Manito, IL $81,979 Mapleton, IL $82,138

Metamora, IL $82,077 Morton, IL $82,138 Mossville, IL $82,141 Norris, IL $81,838 Pekin, IL $82,145 Princeville, IL $81,901 Putnam, IL $81,527 Roanoke, IL $81,905

Rome, IL $82,051 Saint David, IL $81,845 South Pekin, IL $82,084 Sparland, IL $81,766 Topeka, IL $81,890 Tremont, IL $82,076 Trivoli, IL $81,993 Washburn, IL $81,926

Washington, IL $82,146 Yates City, IL $81,727 Peoria, IL $82,238 Creve Coeur, IL $82,239 East Peoria, IL $82,238 Peoria Heights, IL $82,237 Sims, IL $81,092 Andalusia, IL $81,371

Springerton, IL $81,104 Tamaroa, IL $81,504 Texico, IL $81,134 Thompsonville, IL $81,189 Valier, IL $81,490 Vernon, IL $81,426 Walnut Hill, IL $81,494 Waltonville, IL $81,305

Wayne City, IL $81,129 West Frankfort, IL $81,367 Whittington, IL $81,200 Woodlawn, IL $81,479 Xenia, IL $81,072 Carbondale, IL $81,473 Alto Pass, IL $81,081 Anna, IL $81,294

Ava, IL $81,384 Belknap, IL $80,999 Boles, IL $81,139 Brookport, IL $80,763 Buncombe, IL $81,151 Cairo, IL $81,136 Cambria, IL $81,533 Campbell Hill, IL $81,609

Carrier Mills, IL $81,270 Carterville, IL $81,384 Cave In Rock, IL $80,963 Cobden, IL $81,204 Colp, IL $81,456 Ridott, IL $83,008 Rochelle, IL $82,988 Rock City, IL $83,011

Rock Falls, IL $81,713 Rockton, IL $83,238 Roscoe, IL $83,238 Savanna, IL $81,491 Scales Mound, IL $81,516 Seward, IL $83,155 Shannon, IL $82,241 Shirland, IL $83,189

South Beloit, IL $83,154 Sterling, IL $81,758 Stillman Valley, IL $83,134 Stockton, IL $81,826 Warren, IL $82,069 Winnebago, IL $83,281 Winslow, IL $82,278 Woosung, IL $81,992

Rockford, IL $83,275 Loves Park, IL $83,293 Machesney Park, IL $83,294 Rock Island, IL $81,045 Albany, IL $81,305 Aledo, IL $81,273 Dana, IL $81,587 Chandlerville, IL $82,018

Bluford, IL $81,152 Mahomet, IL $83,711 Andover, IL $81,238 Chapin, IL $81,693 Chatham, IL $82,988 Chesterfield, IL $81,849 Concord, IL $81,763 Easton, IL $81,857

Elkhart, IL $82,598 Emden, IL $81,940 Franklin, IL $82,335 Frederick, IL $81,315 Girard, IL $82,331 Greenview, IL $82,442 Hartsburg, IL $81,929 Havana, IL $81,713

Hettick, IL $81,774 Jacksonville, IL $82,150 Kilbourne, IL $81,916 Lincoln, IL $82,152 Lincolns New Salem, IL $82,505 Literberry, IL $82,187 Loami, IL $82,839 Lowder, IL $82,570

Manchester, IL $81,973 Mason City, IL $81,973 Meredosia, IL $81,502 Middletown, IL $82,469 Modesto, IL $82,280 Murrayville, IL $81,871 New Berlin, IL $82,808 New Holland, IL $82,130

Nilwood, IL $82,260 Oakford, IL $82,156 Palmyra, IL $81,982 Petersburg, IL $82,520 Pleasant Plains, IL $82,838 Rushville, IL $81,266 San Jose, IL $81,957 Scottville, IL $81,938

Sherman, IL $83,025 Shipman, IL $82,346 Tallula, IL $82,616 Thayer, IL $82,605 Virden, IL $82,535 Virginia, IL $81,858 Waverly, IL $82,524 Williamsville, IL $82,826

Winchester, IL $81,533 Woodson, IL $82,230 Springfield, IL $83,241 Bonfield, IL $83,132 Creal Springs, IL $81,218 Annawan, IL $81,319 Atkinson, IL $81,291 Barstow, IL $81,163

Buffalo Prairie, IL $81,328 Cambridge, IL $81,264 Carbon Cliff, IL $81,101 Coal Valley, IL $81,094 Colona, IL $81,177 Cordova, IL $81,315 Deer Grove, IL $81,418 East Moline, IL $81,138

Erie, IL $81,300 Fenton, IL $81,341 Fulton, IL $81,354 Geneseo, IL $81,260 Hampton, IL $81,223 Hillsdale, IL $81,273 Hooppole, IL $81,326 Illinois City, IL $81,341

Joy, IL $81,279 Lyndon, IL $81,412 Lynn Center, IL $81,235 Matherville, IL $81,258 Milan, IL $81,228 Moline, IL $80,941 Morrison, IL $81,469 New Boston, IL $81,294

Orion, IL $81,181 Osco, IL $81,218 Port Byron, IL $81,278 Preemption, IL $81,246 Prophetstown, IL $81,362 Rapids City, IL $81,253 Reynolds, IL $81,300 Sherrard, IL $81,236

Silvis, IL $81,066 Tampico, IL $81,411 Taylor Ridge, IL $81,345 Thomson, IL $81,481 La Salle, IL $81,664 Amboy, IL $81,861 Ancona, IL $81,599 Arlington, IL $81,386

Blackstone, IL $81,529 Buda, IL $81,353 Bureau, IL $81,693 Cedar Point, IL $81,750 Cherry, IL $81,707 Compton, IL $82,211 Cornell, IL $81,704 Dalzell, IL $81,808

Cypress, IL $81,138 De Soto, IL $81,256 Dongola, IL $81,156 Dowell, IL $81,501 Eddyville, IL $81,072 Eldorado, IL $81,404 Elizabethtown, IL $80,985 Elkville, IL $81,229

Energy, IL $81,429 Equality, IL $81,239 Galatia, IL $81,232 Golconda, IL $80,955 Goreville, IL $81,251 Gorham, IL $81,082 Grand Chain, IL $81,016 Grand Tower, IL $81,047

Grantsburg, IL $81,121 Harrisburg, IL $81,330 Herod, IL $80,996 Herrin, IL $81,459 Hurst, IL $81,426 Jacob, IL $81,079 Johnston City, IL $81,358 Jonesboro, IL $81,124

Joppa, IL $81,276 Junction, IL $81,215 Karbers Ridge, IL $81,083 Karnak, IL $81,079 Mc Clure, IL $80,977 Makanda, IL $81,213 Marion, IL $81,351 Metropolis, IL $81,110

Millcreek, IL $81,307 Miller City, IL $80,683 Mound City, IL $81,179 Mounds, IL $81,116 Muddy, IL $81,405 Murphysboro, IL $81,299 New Burnside, IL $81,198 Olive Branch, IL $81,079

Olmsted, IL $81,028 Oraville, IL $81,410 Ozark, IL $81,156 Perks, IL $81,103 Pittsburg, IL $81,252 Pomona, IL $81,041 Pulaski, IL $81,111 Raleigh, IL $81,286

Ridgway, IL $81,411 Rosiclare, IL $81,087 Royalton, IL $81,259 Shawneetown, IL $81,313 Simpson, IL $81,092 Stonefort, IL $81,111 Tamms, IL $81,085 Thebes, IL $81,035

Ullin, IL $81,133 Unity, IL $81,094 Vergennes, IL $81,321 Vienna, IL $81,218 Villa Ridge, IL $81,030 Willisville, IL $82,039 Wolf Lake, IL $80,932 Zeigler, IL $81,471

Centralia, IL $81,780 Hoyleton, IL $81,799 Akin, IL $81,140 Albion, IL $80,792 Alma, IL $81,271 Ashley, IL $81,570 Barnhill, IL $81,074 Belle Rive, IL $81,132

Bellmont, IL $80,766 Benton, IL $81,322 Bourbonnais, IL $83,838 Bradley, IL $83,827 Buckingham, IL $82,245 Buckley, IL $82,330 Cabery, IL $81,855 Campus, IL $82,082

Chatsworth, IL $82,037 Chebanse, IL $82,656 Cissna Park, IL $82,314 Claytonville, IL $82,176 Clifton, IL $82,153 Crescent City, IL $81,962 Cullom, IL $81,620 Danforth, IL $81,752

Donovan, IL $82,407 East Lynn, IL $82,553 Elliott, IL $83,050 Emington, IL $81,435 Essex, IL $83,113 Gibson City, IL $83,001 Gilman, IL $81,988 Goodwine, IL $82,208

Grant Park, IL $84,767 Herscher, IL $82,465 Hoopeston, IL $82,148 Hopkins Park, IL $83,435 Iroquois, IL $82,230 Kempton, IL $81,470 Loda, IL $82,745 Ludlow, IL $83,293

Manteno, IL $84,412 Martinton, IL $82,422 Melvin, IL $82,672 Milford, IL $81,852 Momence, IL $84,294 Onarga, IL $82,075 Papineau, IL $83,050 Paxton, IL $83,086

Pembroke Township, IL $83,429 Piper City, IL $81,942 Rankin, IL $82,765 Reddick, IL $82,558 Roberts, IL $82,296 Rossville, IL $82,091 Saint Anne, IL $83,101 Sheldon, IL $81,700

Stockland, IL $81,581 Thawville, IL $82,098 Union Hill, IL $82,931 Watseka, IL $81,877 Wellington, IL $81,948 Woodland, IL $81,970 Apple River, IL $81,764 Ashton, IL $82,528

Baileyville, IL $82,804 Belvidere, IL $83,198 Byron, IL $83,103 Caledonia, IL $83,211 Capron, IL $83,231 Cedarville, IL $82,832 Chadwick, IL $81,480 Chana, IL $82,830

Cherry Valley, IL $83,206 Dakota, IL $82,933 Davis, IL $83,060 Davis Junction, IL $83,163 Dixon, IL $82,087 Durand, IL $83,155 East Dubuque, IL $81,430 Eleroy, IL $82,655

Elizabeth, IL $81,454 Forreston, IL $82,494 Franklin Grove, IL $82,263 Freeport, IL $82,809 Galena, IL $81,484 Galt, IL $81,839 Garden Prairie, IL $83,238 German Valley, IL $82,967

Hanover, IL $81,380 Harmon, IL $81,486 Holcomb, IL $83,085 Kent, IL $81,999 Lanark, IL $81,874 Leaf River, IL $83,004 Lena, IL $82,281 Lindenwood, IL $83,070

Mc Connell, IL $82,739 Milledgeville, IL $81,724 Monroe Center, IL $83,148 Mount Carroll, IL $81,558 Mount Morris, IL $82,759 Nachusa, IL $82,062 Nora, IL $82,195 Orangeville, IL $82,900

Oregon, IL $82,758 Pearl City, IL $82,048 Pecatonica, IL $83,189 Polo, IL $82,117 Poplar Grove, IL $83,204 Midlothian, IL $87,741 Mason, IL $81,060 Romeoville, IL $86,825

Minooka, IL $84,956 Mokena, IL $86,681 Monee, IL $85,544 Morris, IL $83,441 New Lenox, IL $86,308 Oak Forest, IL $87,493 Oak Lawn, IL $88,969 Bridgeview, IL $89,083

Hometown, IL $89,059 Hickory Hills, IL $88,851 Justice, IL $89,110 Burbank, IL $89,114 Odell, IL $81,416 Olympia Fields, IL $86,182 Orland Park, IL $87,719 Palos Heights, IL $88,248

Palos Park, IL $88,138 Palos Hills, IL $88,625 Park Forest, IL $85,803 Peotone, IL $84,973 Posen, IL $87,583 Ransom, IL $81,588 Richton Park, IL $85,946 Robbins, IL $87,908

South Holland, IL $86,485 South Wilmington, IL $83,034 Steger, IL $85,682 Thornton, IL $86,167 Tinley Park, IL $87,076 Country Club Hills, IL $86,726 Verona, IL $82,296 Willow Springs, IL $88,570

Wilmington, IL $83,953 Worth, IL $88,579 University Park, IL $85,602 Homer Glen, IL $87,153 Bedford Park, IL $89,156 Summit Argo, IL $89,180 Aurora, IL $86,287 Batavia, IL $85,936

Big Rock, IL $83,765 Bristol, IL $84,781 Brookfield, IL $89,212 Clarendon Hills, IL $88,523 Downers Grove, IL $88,127 Woodridge, IL $87,774 Earlville, IL $82,195 Eola, IL $86,400

Hinckley, IL $83,063 Hinsdale, IL $88,780 Oak Brook, IL $88,723 La Grange, IL $89,138 La Grange Park, IL $89,175 Willowbrook, IL $88,485 Lee, IL $82,978 Leland, IL $82,356

Lisle, IL $87,619 Lyons, IL $89,227 Millbrook, IL $83,756 Millington, IL $83,465 Montgomery, IL $85,578 Mooseheart, IL $85,721 Naperville, IL $87,094 Newark, IL $83,422

North Aurora, IL $85,612 Oswego, IL $85,506 Plainfield, IL $86,125 Plano, IL $83,928 Riverside, IL $89,253 Sandwich, IL $83,270 Serena, IL $82,331 Shabbona, IL $82,834

Sheridan, IL $82,706 Somonauk, IL $82,903 Steward, IL $82,933 Sugar Grove, IL $84,731 Warrenville, IL $86,907 Waterman, IL $82,886 Wedron, IL $82,186 Western Springs, IL $88,980

Westmont, IL $88,491 Yorkville, IL $84,608 Darien, IL $88,186 Mode, IL $80,998 Montrose, IL $80,974 Mount Erie, IL $80,713 Neoga, IL $81,133 Newton, IL $80,600

Oblong, IL $80,030 Olney, IL $80,206 Palestine, IL $78,795 Parkersburg, IL $80,049 Robinson, IL $79,211 Saint Elmo, IL $81,112 Sainte Marie, IL $80,258 Saint Francisville, IL $78,092

Shumway, IL $81,034 Sigel, IL $81,048 Stewardson, IL $81,064 Stoy, IL $79,916 Strasburg, IL $81,106 Sumner, IL $78,639 Teutopolis, IL $81,133 Toledo, IL $81,007

Trilla, IL $81,053 Vandalia, IL $81,569 Watson, IL $81,143 Westfield, IL $80,959 West Liberty, IL $79,949 West Salem, IL $80,281 West Union, IL $79,214 West York, IL $79,417

Wheeler, IL $80,940 Willow Hill, IL $80,137 Yale, IL $80,343 Argenta, IL $82,158 Assumption, IL $81,827 Beason, IL $81,797 Blue Mound, IL $82,362 Boody, IL $82,267

Buffalo, IL $82,725 Bulpitt, IL $82,639 Chestnut, IL $82,186 Cornland, IL $82,697 Dawson, IL $82,939 Decatur, IL $82,166 Divernon, IL $82,709 Edinburg, IL $82,694

Elwin, IL $82,133 Farmersville, IL $82,418 Findlay, IL $81,473 Forsyth, IL $82,254 Glenarm, IL $82,887 Harristown, IL $82,240 Harvel, IL $82,166 Illiopolis, IL $82,506

Kincaid, IL $82,602 Lake Fork, IL $82,601 Latham, IL $82,242 Macon, IL $81,958 Mechanicsburg, IL $82,786 Morrisonville, IL $82,298 Mount Auburn, IL $82,541 Mount Pulaski, IL $82,433

Mt Zion, IL $82,116 Moweaqua, IL $81,912 Niantic, IL $82,344 Oconee, IL $81,483 Oreana, IL $82,114 Owaneco, IL $81,929 Palmer, IL $82,328 Pana, IL $81,826

Pawnee, IL $82,744 Raymond, IL $81,924 Riverton, IL $82,994 Rochester, IL $82,963 Shelbyville, IL $81,430 Stonington, IL $82,367 Taylorville, IL $82,364 Tovey, IL $82,628

Tower Hill, IL $81,523 West Point, IL $80,998 Fox Valley, IL $86,524 Golf, IL $89,025 Lovejoy, IL $83,535 Waggoner, IL $82,203 Warrensburg, IL $82,074 Alexander, IL $82,525

Alsey, IL $81,584 Arenzville, IL $81,616 Ashland, IL $82,396 Athens, IL $82,837 Auburn, IL $82,738 Bath, IL $81,558 Beardstown, IL $81,660 Bluffs, IL $81,495

Bluff Springs, IL $81,657 Browning, IL $81,357 Cantrall, IL $83,053 Carlinville, IL $81,902 Kingston, IL $83,172 Kirkland, IL $83,105 Lafox, IL $84,933 Lombard, IL $88,215

Malta, IL $83,092 Maple Park, IL $83,346 Marengo, IL $83,368 Maywood, IL $89,252 Westchester, IL $89,183 Broadview, IL $89,230 Lake In The Hills, IL $84,224 Medinah, IL $87,695

Schaumburg, IL $87,229 Melrose Park, IL $89,236 Hillside, IL $89,166 Berkeley, IL $89,120 Stone Park, IL $89,213 Hoffman Estates, IL $86,799 Plato Center, IL $84,330 River Grove, IL $89,257

Roselle, IL $87,400 Saint Charles, IL $85,769 Schiller Park, IL $89,196 South Elgin, IL $85,494 Sycamore, IL $83,429 Union, IL $83,475 Villa Park, IL $88,609 Wasco, IL $84,781

Wayne, IL $86,117 West Chicago, IL $86,558 Wheaton, IL $87,438 Winfield, IL $87,069 Wood Dale, IL $88,354 Evanston, IL $89,193 Chicago, IL $89,345 Oak Park, IL $89,297

River Forest, IL $89,279 Beecher, IL $85,216 Berwyn, IL $89,278 Crest Hill, IL $86,300 Shorewood, IL $85,516 Blue Island, IL $88,021 Braceville, IL $83,332 Braidwood, IL $83,799

Calumet City, IL $86,237 Channahon, IL $85,024 Chicago Heights, IL $85,785 Chicago Ridge, IL $88,805 Grayslake, IL $84,278 Gurnee, IL $84,169 Harvard, IL $83,324 Hebron, IL $82,874

Highland Park, IL $87,431 Fort Sheridan, IL $87,055 Palatine, IL $86,936 Highwood, IL $87,099 Ingleside, IL $83,840 Island Lake, IL $84,350 Kenilworth, IL $88,925 Lake Bluff, IL $85,585

Lake Forest, IL $86,353 Lake Villa, IL $83,919 Lake Zurich, IL $85,924 Libertyville, IL $85,152 Mchenry, IL $83,566 Morton Grove, IL $89,161 Mount Prospect, IL $88,083 Mundelein, IL $85,110

Vernon Hills, IL $85,982 Northbrook, IL $88,050 North Chicago, IL $84,896 Park Ridge, IL $89,103 Lincolnshire, IL $86,679 Prospect Heights, IL $87,763 Richmond, IL $83,460 Ringwood, IL $83,417

Round Lake, IL $83,965 Russell, IL $83,713 Skokie, IL $89,223 Waukegan, IL $84,309 Spring Grove, IL $83,655 Techny, IL $88,428 Wadsworth, IL $83,904 Wauconda, IL $84,690

Kaneville, IL $84,210 Pocahontas, IL $82,376 Great Lakes, IL $85,254 Coal City, IL $83,721 Crete, IL $85,523 Crestwood, IL $88,014 Dolton, IL $86,899 Dwight, IL $82,050

Elwood, IL $85,308 Flossmoor, IL $86,346 Frankfort, IL $86,086 Gardner, IL $82,661 Glenwood, IL $85,982 Harvey, IL $87,084 Markham, IL $87,148 Hazel Crest, IL $86,755

Homewood, IL $86,448 Joliet, IL $85,629 Kinsman, IL $81,795 Lansing, IL $85,920 Lemont, IL $87,728 Bolingbrook, IL $87,372 Lockport, IL $86,749 Manhattan, IL $85,358

Matteson, IL $86,218 Mazon, IL $82,842 Prairie Du Rocher, IL $82,358 Red Bud, IL $82,582 Renault, IL $82,445 Rockwood, IL $81,369 Saint Jacob, IL $82,874 Saint Libory, IL $82,559

Smithboro, IL $81,782 Smithton, IL $83,003 Sparta, IL $82,085 Steeleville, IL $81,885 Summerfield, IL $82,840 Tilden, IL $82,377 Trenton, IL $82,738 Troy, IL $83,038

Valmeyer, IL $82,721 Walsh, IL $81,939 Waterloo, IL $82,881 Quincy, IL $81,450 Augusta, IL $81,040 Barry, IL $81,043 Basco, IL $81,011 Baylis, IL $80,971

Bowen, IL $81,044 Camden, IL $80,925 Camp Point, IL $81,095 Carthage, IL $81,095 Chambersburg, IL $81,127 Clayton, IL $81,024 Coatsburg, IL $81,080 Colchester, IL $81,101

Colusa, IL $81,074 Dallas City, IL $81,079 Elvaston, IL $81,263 Ferris, IL $81,359 Fowler, IL $81,136 Golden, IL $81,101 Griggsville, IL $81,139 Hamilton, IL $81,181

Hull, IL $80,933 Huntsville, IL $80,887 Kinderhook, IL $80,973 La Prairie, IL $80,925 Liberty, IL $81,065 Lima, IL $81,153 Loraine, IL $81,041 Mendon, IL $81,094

Milton, IL $81,427 Mount Sterling, IL $81,089 Nauvoo, IL $81,110 Nebo, IL $81,306 New Canton, IL $80,924 New Salem, IL $80,994 Niota, IL $81,055 Paloma, IL $81,138

Payson, IL $81,095 Pearl, IL $81,254 Perry, IL $81,188 Pittsfield, IL $81,151 Plainville, IL $81,060 Pleasant Hill, IL $81,165 Plymouth, IL $80,995 Rockport, IL $80,888

Sutter, IL $80,929 Tennessee, IL $81,026 Timewell, IL $80,963 Ursa, IL $81,039 Versailles, IL $81,223 Warsaw, IL $81,029 Buffalo Grove, IL $86,830 Wheeling, IL $87,630

Wilmette, IL $89,034 Winnetka, IL $88,654 Winthrop Harbor, IL $83,751 Wonder Lake, IL $83,163 Woodstock, IL $83,342 Zion, IL $83,833 Addison, IL $88,233 Algonquin, IL $84,539

Bartlett, IL $86,455 Bellwood, IL $89,217 Bensenville, IL $88,794 Streamwood, IL $86,460 Bloomingdale, IL $87,484 Burlington, IL $83,556 Carpentersville, IL $84,985 Clare, IL $83,138

Cortland, IL $83,390 Creston, IL $83,036 Dekalb, IL $83,269 Carol Stream, IL $87,269 Dundee, IL $84,933 Elburn, IL $84,542 Elgin, IL $85,867 Elmhurst, IL $88,877

Esmond, IL $83,051 Forest Park, IL $89,274 Franklin Park, IL $89,203 Hanover Park, IL $86,945 Geneva, IL $85,481 Genoa, IL $83,281 Gilberts, IL $84,347 Glen Ellyn, IL $87,847

Glendale Heights, IL $87,697 Hampshire, IL $83,603 Hines, IL $89,251 Huntley, IL $83,561 Itasca, IL $87,993 Madison, IL $83,520 Marine, IL $82,799 Maryville, IL $83,186

Medora, IL $82,253 Michael, IL $81,733 Moro, IL $82,850 Mount Olive, IL $82,196 Mozier, IL $81,563 National Stock Yards, IL $83,535 New Douglas, IL $82,421 Nokomis, IL $81,792

Ohlman, IL $81,876 Panama, IL $82,063 Patterson, IL $81,613 Piasa, IL $82,486 Ramsey, IL $81,275 Rockbridge, IL $81,874 Roodhouse, IL $81,696 Rosamond, IL $81,685

Roxana, IL $83,106 Sawyerville, IL $82,324 Sorento, IL $82,055 South Roxana, IL $83,167 Staunton, IL $82,459 Taylor Springs, IL $81,948 Venice, IL $83,535 Walshville, IL $81,916

White Hall, IL $81,643 Wilsonville, IL $82,402 Witt, IL $81,720 Wood River, IL $83,065 Worden, IL $82,692 Wrights, IL $81,661 East Saint Louis, IL $83,535 Fairview Heights, IL $83,311

Addieville, IL $82,413 Albers, IL $82,523 Aviston, IL $82,563 Baldwin, IL $82,394 Bartelso, IL $82,155 Beckemeyer, IL $82,421 Belleville, IL $83,155 Mascoutah, IL $82,845

Scott Air Force Base, IL $83,000 Breese, IL $82,429 Carlyle, IL $81,953 Caseyville, IL $83,323 Chester, IL $81,899 Collinsville, IL $83,257 Columbia, IL $83,178 Coulterville, IL $81,981

Cutler, IL $81,689 Dupo, IL $83,404 East Carondelet, IL $83,354 Ellis Grove, IL $81,942 Evansville, IL $82,314 Freeburg, IL $82,910 Fults, IL $82,581 Germantown, IL $82,490

Greenville, IL $82,041 Hagarstown, IL $81,622 Hecker, IL $82,808 Highland, IL $82,638 Hoffman, IL $82,126 Huey, IL $81,897 Keyesport, IL $81,823 Lebanon, IL $82,976

Lenzburg, IL $82,592 Maeystown, IL $82,650 Marissa, IL $82,472 Menard, IL $81,916 Millstadt, IL $83,228 Modoc, IL $81,830 Mulberry Grove, IL $81,666 Nashville, IL $81,926

New Athens, IL $82,739 New Baden, IL $82,667 New Memphis, IL $82,609 Oakdale, IL $81,978 O Fallon, IL $83,148 Okawville, IL $82,333 Percy, IL $81,788 Pierron, IL $82,465

Pinckneyville, IL $81,722

Nurse Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Nurse roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 35% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Software & Networking and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 15% above the average. In contrast, Nurse positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit or MFG Nondurable typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Nurse as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Nurse

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Software & Networking	$101,345	$49.0	15%
Biotechnology	$99,141	$48.0	12%
Energy & Utilities	$94,735	$46.0	7%
Insurance	$92,532	$44.0	5%

Nurse Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Nurse's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$82,261

Average $88,126/year

$96,346

$6,855

Average $7,344/month

$8,029

$1,582

Average $1,695/week

$1,853

$40

Average $42/hour

$46

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$96,346	$8,029	$1,853	$46
Average	$88,126	$7,344	$1,695	$42
25th Percentile	$82,261	$6,855	$1,582	$40

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