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Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel pay in Illinois

$82,330avg. a year
$39.58 an hour · 69,910 employed

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Illinois earn an average of $82,330 a year. That is about the same as the U.S. average of $82,430. The best-paying metro area is Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN at $83,770.

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$66,900Median pay
$39.58Average hourly
+23%Avg. pay since 2020
#15Of 50 states + D.C.

Top-paying Illinois metro areas

Average pay for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel by metro area. Swipe to see all 12.

155,730 jobs
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
$83,770
$40.27 an hour
2650 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$72,510
$34.86 an hour
3540 jobs
Bloomington, IL
$71,850
$34.54 an hour
47,750 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$71,420
$34.34 an hour
51,210 jobs
Peoria, IL
$70,910
$34.09 an hour
6980 jobs
Rockford, IL
$70,820
$34.05 an hour
7290 jobs
Decatur, IL
$70,180
$33.74 an hour
8270 jobs
Paducah, KY-IL
$68,580
$32.97 an hour
91,100 jobs
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
$68,420
$32.89 an hour
10730 jobs
Springfield, IL
$68,040
$32.71 an hour
11220 jobs
Kankakee, IL
$66,810
$32.12 an hour
12180 jobs
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
$61,640
$29.64 an hour

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Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel pay in Illinois, charted

Pay over time

Illinois, annual wage, May of each year
AverageMedian

Where Illinois sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel work

Employment by metro area, May 2025

Average pay by state

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Illinois vs. neighbors

Average pay, May 2025
AreaAvg. payHourly
United States$82,430$39.63
Illinois$82,330$39.58
Indiana$74,980$36.05
Wisconsin$74,530$35.83
Iowa$69,880$33.60
Missouri$69,660$33.49
Kentucky$66,190$31.82

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Questions and answers

How much do sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel make in Illinois?

The average is $82,330 a year, and the median is $66,900. That is about the same as the U.S. average of $82,430.

What is the hourly wage in Illinois?

$39.58 an hour on average; the median is $32.17.

Where in Illinois do they earn the most?

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ($83,770), followed by Champaign-Urbana, IL ($72,510). The lowest average among 12 metro areas with data is Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ($61,640).

How does Illinois rank?

Illinois ranks #15 of 51 states (including D.C.) with published data for this job, by average pay.

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (trend: May 2020–May 2025), occupation code 41-3091. State rank compares average pay across states with published data. Metro figures cover metropolitan statistical areas; a metro area can cross state lines. See also the national sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel page. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. Year-to-year changes can partly reflect survey method changes, so treat the trend as a guide. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.