Experienced speech-language pathologists in Illinois earned an average salary of $89,503 as of 2015 according to the state’s Department of Employment Security. The median salary among SLPs in the state was $78,877 that year.
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The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Illinois boasted the 5th highest number of speech-language pathologists of any state in the country in 2015. More than 6,300 SLPs practiced in the state that year.
In particular, Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights had the 2nd highest number of SLPs of any metropolitan area in the country. Nearly 60% of the speech-language pathologists in Illinois practiced in the Chicago metropolitan area in 2015.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security predicts that the number of SLPs will increase by 7.54% between 2014 and 2024. This rate of increase should generate an average of 248 jobs a year for SLPs in Illinois during this ten-year period.
An Analysis of Speech-Language Pathologist Salaries Throughout Illinois
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a detailed analysis of the salaries for speech-language pathologists in the major cities and nonmetropolitan areas of Illinois (2015):
Salaries for Speech-Language Pathologists in the Most Populated Counties of Illinois
Shown below for comparison is the range (from median to the average for the most experienced) among Illinois’s SLPs as published by the Illinois Department of Employment Security in 2015. Experienced speech-language pathologists in DeKalb and Winnebago Counties earned exceptionally high salaries that year:
Champaign County:
- Annual: $53,336 – $67,374
- Hourly: $25.64 – $32.39
Cook County:
- Annual: $80,481 – $93,318
- Hourly: $38.69 – $44.86
DeKalb County:
- Annual: $73,019 – $109,147
- Hourly: $35.11 – $52.47
DuPage County:
- Annual: $78,670 – $92,646
- Hourly: $37.82 – $44.54
Kane County:
- Annual: $67,713 – $83,537
- Hourly: $32.55 – $40.16
Kankakee County:
- Annual: $84,715 – $92,584
- Hourly: $40.73 – $44.51
Lake County:
- Annual: $75,038 – $88,365
- Hourly: $36.08 – $42.48
LaSalle County:
- Annual: $61,561 – $83,706
- Hourly: $29.60 – $40.24
Macon County:
- Annual: $52,495 – $65,108
- Hourly: $25.24 – $31.30
Madison County:
- Annual: $68,416 – $83,982
- Hourly: $32.89 – $40.38
McHenry County:
- Annual: $61,025 – $72,045
- Hourly: $29.34 – $34.64
McLean County:
- Annual: $75,216 – $90,393
- Hourly: $36.16 – $43.46
Peoria County:
- Annual: $75,222 – $90,916
- Hourly: $36.16 – $43.71
Sangamon County:
- Annual: $72,887 – $84,996
- Hourly: $35.04 – $40.86
Tazewell County:
- Annual: $56,807 – $68,994
- Hourly: $27.31 = $33.17
Will County:
- Annual: $59,794 – $78,307
- Hourly: $28.75 – $37.65
Winnebago County:
- Annual: $84,056 – $102,071
- Hourly: $40.41 – $49.07