Women Engineers in Illinois: Pay, Gap, and Numbers
Women earn 24% of engineering degrees but hold 16% of engineering jobs — retention is the leak. This page applies Illinois’s overall wage environment to the national BLS median earnings for engineers to estimate the state-level pay gap.
Earnings estimate — Engineers in Illinois
Methodology: The state pay gap is estimated by applying Illinois’s overall female-to-male earnings ratio adjustment (-2.9% vs national) to the national BLS median for female engineers. See Pay Gap Lookup for interactive comparison.
National baseline
Illinois context
Illinois’s overall women-to-men earnings ratio is 81.4%, ranking #26 of 51 US jurisdictions on pay equity. 38.4% of the state legislature is women (CAWP 2024); 6 women from Illinois serve in the 119th US Congress. No woman has been elected governor of Illinois.
Other professions in Illinois
Women engineers in neighboring & key states
Related pages
Frequently asked
What is the median salary for female engineers in Illinois?
Estimated at $92,485 per year, derived from the BLS national median for female engineers ($95,212) adjusted by Illinois’s overall wage environment (-2.9% vs national).
What is the pay gap for engineers in Illinois?
Estimated at 13.2%, or about $14,063 per year per worker at the median. This applies the state-level wage environment to the national BLS profession gap.
How does Illinois compare nationally on pay equity?
Illinois ranks #26 of 51 US jurisdictions on the overall female-to-men earnings ratio (Census ACS S2001).
What BLS occupation code applies here?
17-2141 (SOC, Standard Occupational Classification, 2018 revision). See BLS CPS Table 39 for the current national median weekly earnings.
Are these numbers adjusted for experience?
No — these are state-level medians across all experience levels. Use the Pay Gap Lookup tool for experience-adjusted estimates.