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Pharmacist salary in Illinois

Open pharmacist jobs in Illinois post a median of $70.75 an hour, the middle half $64.50–$73.25 (about $147,200 a year full time), $3.25 below the national posted median. From 66 jobs at 21 employers that state their pay.

$70.75
Median posted /hr
$65–$73
Middle half /hr
$147,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$66.86
BLS median in IL
May 2025

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What pharmacists 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 66 open jobs in Illinois. Lowest posted $44, highest $99.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

$64.50–$73.25/hr

Middle half of 27 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $70.75. 57% of the 116 open pharmacist jobs in Illinois state an hourly rate.

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Pharmacist 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$73.50$54.90–$9912 (6)
Huntley$71$58–$84.104 (1)
Peoria$70.75$52.06–$89.544 (2)
Urbana$70.75$52.06–$89.544 (1)
Oak Lawn$68.75$54.90–$82.353 (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.

Pharmacist pay by employer in Illinois

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Northwestern Medicine$71$58–$84.1016
Walgreens$71.50$57.70–$82.306
Carle Health$70.75$52.06–$89.546
CVS Health$70.50$60–$815
Advocate Health$68.75$54.90–$82.355
OSF HealthCare$65.25$59.90–$80.085
Endeavor Health$75.75$59.50–$95.294
UChicago Medicine$79.25$79.253
UnitedHealth Group$61.50$44–$793
Ascension$72$50.89–$90.962
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$79.50$60–$991
UW Health$76.25$60.90–$91.351
Rush-Copley Medical Center$73.50$58.80–$88.201
Blessing Hospital$73.25$58.52–$87.791
Mercyhealth$72$57.66–$86.491
Hospital Sisters Health System$64.75$52.50–$77.181
Sinai Chicago$64$641
Trinity Health$63.25$47.77–$78.821
Hillsboro Area Hospital$61.75$54.81–$68.511
Medication Management Partners$61.50$59–$641
Sarah Bush Lincoln$52.50$52.601

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 pharmacists nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

17 open jobs in Illinois state a yearly salary: a median of $158,300, the middle half $146,200 to $164,600.

Best-paid open pharmacist 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
Pharmacists (29-1051)$47.58 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$60.71 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$66.86 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$78.02 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)$81.46 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)12,070 (source: BLS OEWS, Pharmacists, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Pharmacist salary in Illinois: common questions

How much does a pharmacist make in Illinois?

Open pharmacist jobs in Illinois that state an hourly rate post a median of $70.75, the middle half $64.50–$73.25 (66 jobs from 21 employers). Full time that is about $147,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $66.86/hr ($139,080 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025).

Where in Illinois do pharmacists earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Chicago ($73.50), Huntley ($71), Peoria ($70.75) and Urbana ($70.75). The town table lists 5.

Which employers in Illinois pay pharmacists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: UChicago Medicine ($79.25), Endeavor Health ($75.75) and Walgreens ($71.50).

How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Illinois ($70.75) is $3.25 below the national posted median of $74. In the BLS survey Illinois ranks 27 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: 66 of 116 open pharmacist jobs in Illinois (57%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Pharmacist pay in other states

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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: Pharmacists (SOC 29-1051), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacists, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Pharmacists by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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

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