# Counties in Illinois by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 102 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lake County | 1,783 |
| 2 | Cook County | 1,740 |
| 3 | DuPage County | 1,575 |
| 4 | Peoria County | 1,479 |
| 5 | Putnam County | 1,405 |
| 6 | Sangamon County | 1,397 |
| 7 | Rock Island County | 1,396 |
| 8 | De Witt County | 1,386 |
| 9 | Grundy County | 1,377 |
| 10 | Brown County | 1,329 |
| 11 | Macon County | 1,322 |
| 12 | McLean County | 1,321 |
| 13 | Crawford County | 1,284 |
| 14 | Champaign County | 1,265 |
| 15 | Kane County | 1,251 |
| 16 | Lee County | 1,216 |
| 17 | Will County | 1,200 |
| 18 | Ogle County | 1,189 |
| 18 | Washington County | 1,189 |
| 20 | Winnebago County | 1,179 |
| 21 | Johnson County | 1,176 |
| 22 | LaSalle County | 1,173 |
| 23 | Madison County | 1,152 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 1,151 |
| 25 | Randolph County | 1,148 |
| 26 | DeKalb County | 1,143 |
| 27 | St. Clair County | 1,135 |
| 28 | Livingston County | 1,129 |
| 29 | Douglas County | 1,126 |
| 30 | Kankakee County | 1,124 |
| 31 | Ford County | 1,121 |
| 32 | Stark County | 1,106 |
| 33 | Tazewell County | 1,105 |
| 34 | Edgar County | 1,104 |
| 35 | Boone County | 1,101 |
| 36 | McHenry County | 1,098 |
| 37 | Stephenson County | 1,097 |
| 38 | Woodford County | 1,086 |
| 39 | Adams County | 1,085 |
| 40 | Bureau County | 1,084 |
| 41 | Coles County | 1,083 |
| 42 | Vermilion County | 1,069 |
| 43 | Cass County | 1,068 |
| 44 | Effingham County | 1,063 |
| 45 | Williamson County | 1,062 |
| 46 | Jackson County | 1,059 |
| 47 | Hamilton County | 1,055 |
| 47 | Wabash County | 1,055 |
| 49 | Lawrence County | 1,054 |
| 50 | Massac County | 1,045 |
| 50 | Whiteside County | 1,045 |
| 52 | Moultrie County | 1,044 |
| 53 | Logan County | 1,039 |
| 53 | Scott County | 1,039 |
| 55 | Schuyler County | 1,038 |
| 56 | Clinton County | 1,035 |
| 57 | Kendall County | 1,030 |
| 58 | Morgan County | 1,026 |
| 59 | Bond County | 1,022 |
| 60 | Christian County | 1,006 |
| 61 | Henry County | 1,005 |
| 62 | Clay County | 1,000 |
| 63 | Carroll County | 997 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 994 |
| 65 | Iroquois County | 993 |
| 66 | Marion County | 992 |
| 67 | Gallatin County | 990 |
| 68 | Jasper County | 988 |
| 69 | Richland County | 987 |
| 70 | Alexander County | 983 |
| 71 | Perry County | 980 |
| 72 | Shelby County | 966 |
| 73 | Piatt County | 965 |
| 74 | Marshall County | 963 |
| 75 | McDonough County | 962 |
| 76 | Saline County | 956 |
| 77 | Jo Daviess County | 953 |
| 78 | White County | 952 |
| 79 | Knox County | 951 |
| 80 | Cumberland County | 948 |
| 81 | Montgomery County | 947 |
| 82 | Hardin County | 940 |
| 83 | Union County | 936 |
| 84 | Hancock County | 930 |
| 85 | Macoupin County | 926 |
| 86 | Franklin County | 922 |
| 87 | Fulton County | 917 |
| 88 | Pike County | 915 |
| 89 | Jersey County | 912 |
| 90 | Henderson County | 909 |
| 91 | Clark County | 900 |
| 92 | Fayette County | 899 |
| 93 | Edwards County | 894 |
| 94 | Warren County | 889 |
| 95 | Pulaski County | 886 |
| 96 | Wayne County | 849 |
| 97 | Mason County | 843 |
| 98 | Mercer County | 836 |
| 99 | Greene County | 828 |
| 100 | Menard County | 826 |
| 101 | Pope County | 784 |
| 102 | Calhoun County | 721 |