Illinois · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Illinois

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Illinois, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Illinois had about 6,065,100 people on their payrolls across roughly 380,232 establishments, with average annual pay of $80,040.

Total employment in Illinois grew 8.9% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 6,065,100. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Illinois are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

6,065,100Employment, 2025
380,232Establishments
$80,040Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Illinois	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	19,669	0.3%	0.41	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	6,793	0.1%	0.30	pub.
23	Construction	241,267	4.0%	0.73	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	571,344	9.4%	1.16	pub.
22	Utilities	28,707	0.5%	0.84	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	297,475	4.9%	1.26	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	569,097	9.4%	0.95	est. · 1.00
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	355,432	5.9%	1.20	pub.
51	Information	100,273	1.7%	0.86	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	301,056	5.0%	1.22	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	79,179	1.3%	0.83	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	441,869	7.3%	1.04	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	76,956	1.3%	0.76	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	395,087	6.5%	1.11	pub.
61	Educational Services	564,713	9.3%	1.09	est. · 0.99
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	902,916	14.9%	0.92	est. · 1.00
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	132,132	2.2%	1.12	est. · 1.00
72	Accommodation and Food Services	505,753	8.3%	0.91	est. · 1.00
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	205,582	3.4%	1.12	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	269,177	4.4%	0.88	est. · 0.99

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	6,065,094	380,232	$80,039	0.4%	pub.
2024	6,043,357	396,713	$77,257	0.5%	pub.
2023	6,013,493	399,215	$74,632	1.6%	pub.
2022	5,918,832	396,328	$72,756	3.9%	pub.
2021	5,694,355	386,892	$70,127	2.2%	pub.
2020	5,570,198	376,773	$66,279	7.1%	pub.
2019	5,995,905	374,453	$61,572	0.4%	pub.
2018	5,973,316	367,100	$59,941	0.7%	pub.
2017	5,934,549	362,259	$57,971	0.7%	pub.
2016	5,895,633	396,865	$56,447	0.8%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Illinois	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	522,641	8.6%	1.22
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	394,136	6.5%	0.97
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	178,720	2.9%	0.88
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	79,119	1.3%	0.78
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	43,426	0.7%	0.76
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	99,502	1.6%	0.97
23-0000	Legal occupations	52,373	0.9%	1.03
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	382,679	6.3%	1.08
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	69,674	1.1%	0.86
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	387,686	6.4%	1.02
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	263,584	4.3%	0.86
33-0000	Protective service occupations	152,045	2.5%	1.04
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	500,633	8.3%	0.94
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	174,425	2.9%	0.98
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	125,081	2.1%	0.99
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	509,356	8.4%	0.98
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	688,193	11.3%	0.96
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,762	0.1%	0.34
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	191,122	3.1%	0.76
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	206,761	3.4%	0.87
51-0000	Production occupations	410,099	6.8%	1.22
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	628,075	10.4%	1.17

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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