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Clinical nurse specialist jobs in Illinois

open clinical nurse specialist jobs in Illinois at . BLS measures a median of $46.15 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses in Illinois) for registered nurses here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the clinical nurse specialist jobs are in Illinois

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What clinical nurse specialists earn in Illinois

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Illinois, May 2025

$46.15/hr ($95,990 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses in Illinois)

Median for registered nurses, against $46.90 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses, national) for the whole US; 138,910 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses in Illinois) employed in Illinois.

By metro area

  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$48.31/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN) · 100,240 (source: BLS OEWS, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN) employed
  • St. Louis, MO-IL$39.99/hr (source: BLS OEWS, St. Louis, MO-IL) · 35,200 (source: BLS OEWS, St. Louis, MO-IL) employed
  • Peoria, IL$38.95/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Peoria, IL) · 5,460 (source: BLS OEWS, Peoria, IL) employed
  • Rockford, IL$38.91/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Rockford, IL) · 4,620 (source: BLS OEWS, Rockford, IL) employed
  • Springfield, IL$40.49/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Springfield, IL) · 4,110 (source: BLS OEWS, Springfield, IL) employed
  • Champaign-Urbana, IL$43.38/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Champaign-Urbana, IL) · 3,520 (source: BLS OEWS, Champaign-Urbana, IL) employed
  • Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$37.09/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL) · 3,520 (source: BLS OEWS, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL) employed
  • Bloomington, IL$38.45/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Bloomington, IL) · 1,990 (source: BLS OEWS, Bloomington, IL) employed
  • Paducah, KY-IL$38.42/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Paducah, KY-IL) · 1,720 (source: BLS OEWS, Paducah, KY-IL) employed
  • Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$39.73/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL) · 1,470 (source: BLS OEWS, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Registered Nurses; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants in Illinois, in our research: median posted pay $68.63 · employers 82 (Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants job market). Illinois in our research

Employers hiring clinical nurse specialists in Illinois

What the job takes

An RN license, then a master's or doctoral clinical nurse specialist program.

  • License

    Advanced practice registered nurse license (APRN)

    State board of nursing. Required in every state; most states ask for national board certification first

  • Certification

    Adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist certification (ACCNS-AG)

    AACN Certification Corporation

Clinical nurse specialist jobs in Illinois: common questions

How much do clinical nurse specialists make in Illinois?

Too few open clinical nurse specialist jobs in Illinois post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $46.15/hr ($95,990 a year) for registered nurses in Illinois (May 2025), against $46.90 nationally, 21st highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Illinois are the most clinical nurse specialist jobs?

Chicago (3), Oak Lawn (3) and Park Ridge (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring clinical nurse specialists in Illinois?

By open jobs on this board: Advocate Health (5), The IMA Group (1) and UChicago Medicine (1). In all, 3 employers have clinical nurse specialist jobs open in Illinois.

What do you need to work as a clinical nurse specialist in Illinois?

An RN license, then a master's or doctoral clinical nurse specialist program. Advanced practice registered nurse license (APRN) (State board of nursing; required in every state; most states ask for national board certification first) and Adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist certification (ACCNS-AG) (AACN Certification Corporation). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Illinois's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Illinois, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Illinois, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Registered Nurses by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. Advanced practice registered nurse license (APRN): State board of nursing
  6. Adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist certification (ACCNS-AG): AACN Certification Corporation

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Clinical nurse specialist jobs in Illinois. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/clinical-nurse-specialist/illinois

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