Project Head Salary in Illinois

How much does a Project Head make in IL?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Project Head in Illinois is $185,024. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $167,051 to $204,110, with most professionals earning between $150,689 and $221,488.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Cicero, IL	Avg. Salary $189,726	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Mount Prospect, IL	Avg. Salary $189,003	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Abingdon, IL	Avg. Salary $171,278	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Adair, IL	Avg. Salary $172,906	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Addieville, IL	Avg. Salary $175,619	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Addison, IL	Avg. Salary $189,003	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Akin, IL	Avg. Salary $170,374	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Albany, IL	Avg. Salary $168,927	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Albers, IL	Avg. Salary $175,619	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Albion, IL	Avg. Salary $166,395	Date Updated March 01, 2025

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What does a Project Head do?

Common responsibilities of a Project Head

Training others in policies and procedures related to the work and providing for their professional development.

July 13, 2022

Provide leadership for the project planning function and group as well as accountability for all project cost estimating and scheduling activities within the organization.

September 17, 2022

Manage workload across the project management team and identify the need for additional resources when necessary.

December 11, 2022

Drive continuous improvement of project planning framework for the region in close alignment with project cost controlling, project excellence, engineering, project management and other stakeholders, including global counterparts.

December 26, 2022

Actively support sales in bid defenses and other sales activities, as required, to gain new, long-term business.

December 31, 2022

Leadership of complex projects with significant organizational impact and proven track record leading the delivery of multiple projects/assignments to demanding deadlines with minimal direction/leadership.

February 03, 2023

Collaborate with the Leadership Team to adequately staff each project with competent team members to efficiently and effectively achieve the project objectives.

March 16, 2023

Monitors performance, provides ongoing performance feedback and coaching to direct reports, indirect reports and others as needed, and conducts performance & development conversations as well as effective performance evaluations.

March 27, 2023

Demonstrated ability to proactively share knowledge in a systematic way in larger organization to grow know-how base and supports a learning organization.

April 02, 2023

Developing relations with all Customer representatives at the mid and senior management level to be available for any issues that are escalated above the Project Managers and keep in tune with the current perception of our Customers of SGRE performance.

May 08, 2023

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Illinois (/ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ (listen) IL-ih-NOY) is a state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth largest population, and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in northeastern Illinois, small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hu...

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