# Counties in Illinois by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 102 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cook County | 253,182.4 |
| 2 | DuPage County | 56,435.4 |
| 3 | Lake County | 34,740.6 |
| 4 | Will County | 18,057.7 |
| 5 | Kane County | 15,227.5 |
| 6 | Peoria County | 8,551.2 |
| 7 | Winnebago County | 8,472 |
| 8 | Champaign County | 7,214.4 |
| 9 | Sangamon County | 6,924.8 |
| 10 | McLean County | 6,866.7 |
| 11 | Madison County | 6,716.6 |
| 12 | St. Clair County | 6,360.1 |
| 13 | McHenry County | 6,109.8 |
| 14 | Rock Island County | 5,744.9 |
| 15 | Macon County | 3,449.4 |
| 16 | Tazewell County | 2,985.8 |
| 17 | Kankakee County | 2,594.7 |
| 18 | LaSalle County | 2,538.3 |
| 19 | DeKalb County | 2,362.1 |
| 20 | Adams County | 1,970 |
| 21 | Kendall County | 1,805.8 |
| 22 | Williamson County | 1,745.1 |
| 23 | Grundy County | 1,735.7 |
| 24 | Jackson County | 1,620.4 |
| 25 | Vermilion County | 1,616.9 |
| 26 | Coles County | 1,476.1 |
| 27 | Effingham County | 1,370.9 |
| 28 | Whiteside County | 1,308.7 |
| 29 | Jefferson County | 1,232.6 |
| 30 | Stephenson County | 1,087.6 |
| 31 | Knox County | 1,046.6 |
| 32 | Ogle County | 988.7 |
| 33 | Livingston County | 838.4 |
| 34 | Montgomery County | 826.5 |
| 35 | Morgan County | 797.9 |
| 36 | Henry County | 777.2 |
| 37 | Boone County | 734.6 |
| 38 | Marion County | 732.9 |
| 39 | Lee County | 726.3 |
| 40 | Woodford County | 708.2 |
| 41 | Randolph County | 629.1 |
| 42 | Bureau County | 625.5 |
| 43 | Clinton County | 619.5 |
| 44 | McDonough County | 595.5 |
| 45 | Macoupin County | 570.6 |
| 46 | Christian County | 522.4 |
| 47 | Franklin County | 513.8 |
| 48 | Crawford County | 489.7 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 486.2 |
| 50 | Douglas County | 478.5 |
| 51 | Saline County | 459.6 |
| 52 | Logan County | 442.2 |
| 53 | Fulton County | 436.3 |
| 54 | Iroquois County | 435.4 |
| 55 | Washington County | 423.1 |
| 56 | Edgar County | 414.4 |
| 57 | Jo Daviess County | 410.2 |
| 58 | De Witt County | 382.3 |
| 59 | Ford County | 358.1 |
| 60 | Richland County | 337.4 |
| 61 | Warren County | 328.9 |
| 62 | Brown County | 324.2 |
| 63 | Cass County | 308 |
| 64 | Moultrie County | 305.4 |
| 65 | Jersey County | 279.8 |
| 66 | Shelby County | 277.8 |
| 67 | Bond County | 269.8 |
| 68 | Clay County | 269.4 |
| 69 | Perry County | 262.2 |
| 70 | Fayette County | 253.2 |
| 71 | White County | 242.8 |
| 72 | Union County | 238 |
| 73 | Clark County | 235 |
| 74 | Carroll County | 227.6 |
| 75 | Pike County | 223.5 |
| 76 | Wayne County | 220.6 |
| 77 | Lawrence County | 207.6 |
| 78 | Piatt County | 207.6 |
| 79 | Hancock County | 207 |
| 80 | Wabash County | 196.9 |
| 81 | Massac County | 184.2 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 159.6 |
| 83 | Marshall County | 155.6 |
| 84 | Putnam County | 153.5 |
| 85 | Mercer County | 153.1 |
| 86 | Mason County | 150.3 |
| 87 | Johnson County | 129.1 |
| 88 | Jasper County | 126 |
| 89 | Hamilton County | 123.7 |
| 90 | Greene County | 119 |
| 91 | Stark County | 114.3 |
| 92 | Edwards County | 100.4 |
| 93 | Menard County | 93.5 |
| 94 | Schuyler County | 88.4 |
| 95 | Pulaski County | 78.1 |
| 96 | Alexander County | 58.8 |
| 97 | Henderson County | 55.3 |
| 98 | Scott County | 54.6 |
| 99 | Gallatin County | 52.8 |
| 100 | Hardin County | 43 |
| 101 | Calhoun County | 35.5 |
| 102 | Pope County | 34.6 |