SOC 15-1212, wage year 2025-26

Information Security Analysts prevailing wage in Illinois

Short answer

In Illinois, the median prevailing wage for information security analysts across its 16 areas is $34.20 an hour at Level 1 ($71,126 a year) and $63.01 an hour at Level 4 ($131,061 a year). The Level 2 median of $43.58 is 1% above the national median across areas ($43.20). Bloomington, IL is the highest-paying area at $51.61 at Level 2, and Paducah, KY-IL the lowest at $35.19.

Every Illinois area for information security analysts

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Bloomington, IL	$42.98	$51.61	$60.25	$68.88
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$36.35	$47.20	$58.06	$68.91
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$38.65	$47.06	$55.46	$63.87
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$36.14	$46.86	$57.59	$68.31
Kankakee, IL	$36.08	$46.83	$57.58	$68.33
St. Louis, MO-IL	$34.78	$44.42	$54.05	$63.69
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$34.15	$43.89	$53.64	$63.38
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$34.24	$43.71	$53.17	$62.64
Rockford, IL	$31.83	$43.44	$55.04	$66.65
Champaign-Urbana, IL	$35.82	$42.08	$48.34	$54.60
Peoria, IL	$33.41	$40.90	$48.38	$55.87
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$33.48	$40.53	$47.59	$54.64
Decatur, IL	$33.45	$40.31	$47.16	$54.02
Springfield, IL	$31.02	$38.28	$45.53	$52.79
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	$27.64	$37.09	$46.54	$55.99
Paducah, KY-IL	$25.53	$35.19	$44.84	$54.50

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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