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Caregiver salary in Illinois

Open caregiver jobs in Illinois post a median of $19.50 an hour, the middle half $18–$20.50 (about $40,600 a year full time), $0.50 above the national posted median. From 55 jobs at 18 employers that state their pay.

$19.50
Median posted /hr
$18–$21
Middle half /hr
$40,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.30
BLS median in IL
May 2025

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What caregivers 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 55 open jobs in Illinois. Lowest posted $14.50, highest $30.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

$18–$20.50/hr

Middle half of 27 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $19.50. 62% of the 89 open caregiver jobs in Illinois state an hourly rate.

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Caregiver 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)
Carol Stream$18.75$16.06–$21.586 (1)
St. Charles$20.75$16–$274 (2)
Chicago$19.25$19–$204 (2)
Downers Grove$19$15.14–$22.903 (3)
Effingham$16.75$15.25–$183 (1)

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.

Caregiver pay by employer in Illinois

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
TheKey$19.50$17–$2214
Covenant Living$19$16.06–$21.588
Reliable Home Care Providers$19$197
Avid Health at Home Illinois$19.50$17–$224
Silverado$21$16–$273
StoneBridge Senior Living$17$15.25–$183
Atria Senior Living$22.50$14.50–$302
Elara Caring$20$19–$212
BrightSpring Health Services$18.25$16.50–$212
Cantata Adult Life Services$17.50$16.50–$18.502
Full Bloom Memory Care$25$251
Beloit Health System$22.25$17.75–$26.631
Providence Life Services$20.50$20.501
Lifespace Communities$19$15.14–$22.901
Westminster Village$18.75$17.51–$19.811
Franciscan Ministries$17.75$17.50–$181
Cedarhurst$17$171
United Energy Workers Healthcare$17$171

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 caregivers nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift caregiver pay in Illinois

Where one employer posts both night and other caregiver jobs in the same state (7 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $0.75 an hour less than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Covenant Living, IL$19 (2)$19 (6)
Silverado, CA$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
Silverado, MO$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
Silverado, VA$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
Silverado, IL$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
StoneBridge Senior Living, IL$17 (1)$16.75 (2)
Silverado, WI$20.50 (1)$21.50 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open caregiver 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
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$16.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$17.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.30 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.61 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$20.43 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)134,100 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Caregiver salary in Illinois: common questions

How much does a caregiver make in Illinois?

Open caregiver jobs in Illinois that state an hourly rate post a median of $19.50, the middle half $18–$20.50 (55 jobs from 18 employers). Full time that is about $40,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.30/hr ($38,060 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025).

Where in Illinois do caregivers earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Carol Stream ($18.75), St. Charles ($20.75), Chicago ($19.25) and Downers Grove ($19). The town table lists 5.

Which employers in Illinois pay caregivers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Silverado ($21), TheKey ($19.50) and Avid Health at Home Illinois ($19.50).

How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Illinois ($19.50) is $0.50 above the national posted median of $19. In the BLS survey Illinois ranks 16 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: 55 of 89 open caregiver jobs in Illinois (62%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

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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: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Caregiver salary in Illinois. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/caregiver/illinois

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