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Cardiac sonographer salary in Illinois

Open cardiac sonographer jobs in Illinois post a median of $48 an hour, the middle half $45.25–$50.25 (about $99,800 a year full time), $1.75 below the national posted median. From 33 jobs at 16 employers that state their pay.

$48
Median posted /hr
$45–$50
Middle half /hr
$99,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$48.40
BLS median in IL
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Cardiac sonographer jobs in Illinois · Cardiac sonographer pay nationwide

What cardiac sonographers are paid in Illinois

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 33 open jobs in Illinois. Lowest posted $33.35, highest $79.20.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

$45.25–$50.25/hr

Middle half of 24 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $48. 72% of the 46 open cardiac sonographer jobs in Illinois state an hourly rate.

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Cardiac sonographer pay by town in Illinois

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Chicago$53$41.10–$79.208 (4)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Cardiac sonographer pay by employer in Illinois

What each employer posts for cardiac sonographers here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Northwestern Medicine$51.25$40.81–$60.0910
UChicago Medicine$53$45.48–$60.633
Carle Health$50$36.78–$63.263
Advocate Health$46$35.50–$57.302
OSF HealthCare$45.25$39.13–$51.212
Sarah Bush Lincoln$45.25$35.43–$54.922
Endeavor Health$44.50$33.35–$56.452
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$63.50$48–$79.201
AdventHealth$49.25$34.47–$64.121
UW Health$48.50$36.99–$60.241
BJC HealthCare$47.75$36.82–$58.811
Mercyhealth$47$35.85–$58.201
Blessing Hospital$45.25$36.15–$54.231
Boyd Healthcare Services$45$40–$501
Rush-Copley Medical Center$44.25$34.78–$53.901
Sinai Chicago$41$41.101

Median of each employer's jobs in Illinois (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for cardiac sonographers nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open cardiac sonographer jobs in Illinois

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Illinois

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Illinois. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (29-2032)$37.67 (source: BLS OEWS, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, opens in a new tab)$40.97 (source: BLS OEWS, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, opens in a new tab)$48.40 (source: BLS OEWS, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, opens in a new tab)$51.60 (source: BLS OEWS, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, opens in a new tab)$58.98 (source: BLS OEWS, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, opens in a new tab)3,270 (source: BLS OEWS, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Cardiac sonographer salary in Illinois: common questions

How much does a cardiac sonographer make in Illinois?

Open cardiac sonographer jobs in Illinois that state an hourly rate post a median of $48, the middle half $45.25–$50.25 (33 jobs from 16 employers). Full time that is about $99,800 a year. BLS measured a median of $48.40/hr ($100,660 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025).

Which employers in Illinois pay cardiac sonographers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: UChicago Medicine ($53), Northwestern Medicine ($51.25) and Carle Health ($50).

How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Illinois ($48) is $1.75 below the national posted median of $49.75. In the BLS survey Illinois ranks 17 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 33 of 46 open cardiac sonographer jobs in Illinois (72%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Cardiac sonographer pay in other states

Cardiac sonographer salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (SOC 29-2032), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Cardiac sonographer salary in Illinois. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/cardiac-sonographer/illinois

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