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Dispatchers in Illinois

Is Illinois a good place for you to work as a Dispatcher?

-0% Jobs Projection
$43,050 Median Salary
640 Job Openings

While jobs for Dispatchers in Illinois are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Dispatchers in Illinois is expected to decrease.

  • Dispatchers in Illinois earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Dispatchers Work in Illinois?

6,750 people worked as Dispatchers in 2018 in this state.

There were 7,210 Dispatchers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 460 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 2,840 Dispatchers working in it, which means Illinois has more Dispatchers than average.

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Job Projections for Illinois

Jobs for Dispatchers in this state are declining at a rate of 0.4% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of 0.0%.

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Illinois Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 640 annual Dispatchers job openings in Illinois, and 7,180 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 18,000 annual jobs and 201,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Dispatchers Make in Illinois?

In 2018 wages for Dispatchers ranged from $25,850 to $73,620 with $43,050 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $12.43 to $35.39. The median hourly rate was $20.7.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $20.76 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate declined by $0.06.

The median salary in Illinois is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Illinois Metros for Dispatchers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Dispatchers.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 5,530 $44,460
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,240 $41,530
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 200 $38,080
Rockford, IL 100 $39,340
Kankakee, IL 90 $41,360
Champaign-Urbana, IL 80 $45,120
Decatur, IL 70 $46,650
Peoria, IL 70 $41,770
Bloomington, IL 50 $43,750
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 50 n/a
Carbondale-Marion, IL 50 $41,050
Springfield, IL 50 $45,890
Danville, IL 30 $53,910

Top States for Dispatchers Employment

View the list below to see where most Dispatchers work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Texas 22,240 $38,450
California 21,130 $41,040
New York 13,520 $40,830
Florida 11,320 $33,460
Pennsylvania 7,340 $39,280
Ohio 7,170 $41,000
Illinois 6,750 $43,050
New Jersey 6,010 $41,150
Georgia 5,590 $36,190
Michigan 5,580 $39,800
Virginia 5,230 $39,780
Tennessee 5,090 $36,510
Indiana 4,850 $40,550
North Carolina 4,620 $38,330
Missouri 4,510 $40,540
Washington 4,360 $47,840
Minnesota 4,250 $43,720
Wisconsin 4,080 $41,920
Massachusetts 4,040 $42,700
Louisiana 3,720 $35,080

Below are the states where Dispatchers get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
Nebraska $55,020
North Dakota $54,070
Alaska $49,540
Washington $47,840
District of Columbia $47,130
Delaware $45,510
Minnesota $43,720
Connecticut $43,400
Rhode Island $43,260
Illinois $43,050

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