Median pay · Illinois
$15/hrBLS publishes only an hourly wage for this occupation.Jobs counted1,060Concentration 0.49 against 1.00
| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | Not published | $15 |
| 25th percentile | Not published | $15 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | Not published | $15 |
| 75th percentile | Not published | $27 |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | Not published | $49 |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | Not published | $26 |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$15.00
- Jobs countedA concentration of 0.49 against the nation's 1.00.1,060
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- BLS publishes only an hourly wage for this occupation, so no annual figure and no take-home is shown. Multiplying by 2,080 hours would invent a year BLS declined to assume.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1
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Actors pay in Illinois, answered
What is the hourly pay for actors in Illinois?
The median hourly wage for actors in Illinois is $15.00, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey for May 2025.
BLS publishes no annual figure for this occupation, because the hours worked in a year vary too much for one to mean anything.
How many actors are there in Illinois?
The survey counted 1,060 of these jobs in Illinois for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 51% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.