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Chaplain salary in Illinois

Open chaplain jobs in Illinois post a median of $31.50 an hour, the middle half $29.25–$34 (about $65,500 a year full time), $2.50 below the national posted median. From 16 jobs at 9 employers that state their pay.

$31.50
Median posted /hr
$29–$34
Middle half /hr
$65,500
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$29.72
BLS median in IL
May 2025

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What chaplains 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 16 open jobs in Illinois. Lowest posted $24, highest $40.71.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

$29.25–$34/hr

Middle half of 11 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $31.50. 76% of the 21 open chaplain jobs in Illinois state an hourly rate.

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Chaplain pay by employer in Illinois

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Endeavor Health$34$27.14–$40.714
Northwestern Medicine$34$28–$39.154
UW Health$29$25.93–$37.602
UChicago Medicine$40$401
Lighthouse Hospice Care$34$32–$361
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$31.50$24–$39.241
Blessing Hospital$31$24.85–$37.281
Moments Hospice$30.50$28–$331
Franciscan Ministries$24$241

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 chaplains nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open chaplain 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
Clergy (21-2011)$17.68 (source: BLS OEWS, Clergy, opens in a new tab)$22.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Clergy, opens in a new tab)$29.72 (source: BLS OEWS, Clergy, opens in a new tab)$36.14 (source: BLS OEWS, Clergy, opens in a new tab)$41.53 (source: BLS OEWS, Clergy, opens in a new tab)2,200 (source: BLS OEWS, Clergy, opens in a new tab)

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Chaplain salary in Illinois: common questions

How much does a chaplain make in Illinois?

Open chaplain jobs in Illinois that state an hourly rate post a median of $31.50, the middle half $29.25–$34 (16 jobs from 9 employers). Full time that is about $65,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $29.72/hr ($61,820 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025).

Which employers in Illinois pay chaplains the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Endeavor Health ($34) and Northwestern Medicine ($34).

How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Illinois ($31.50) is $2.50 below the national posted median of $34. In the BLS survey Illinois ranks 16 of 51 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: 16 of 21 open chaplain jobs in Illinois (76%) 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: Clergy (SOC 21-2011), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Clergy, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Clergy by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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

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