Women in Medicine in Illinois
How women in medicine fare in Illinois — state-adjusted pay gap, state ranking, and the national context that frames the local picture.
The state-adjusted picture
Women in medicine nationally face the same structural conditions as women in every other field — but the overall wage environment in Illinois modifies the baseline by -2.9% relative to the US average. A state where the overall pay gap is narrower tends to reflect narrower gaps within fields too, though field-specific dynamics dominate for specialized professions.
Illinois elected its first woman US Senator in 1992.
National context
Women have been the majority of US medical school entrants since 2017. The pipeline is now reshaping medicine, but specialty sorting, leadership gaps, and a persistent pay gap remain. This page tracks the current data.
National headline stats (medicine)
Other fields in Illinois
Medicine in other states
Related pages
Frequently asked
What is the pay gap for women in medicine in Illinois?
Illinois’s overall pay ratio is 81.4% — a 18.6% gap. The gap within medicine follows the national pattern modified by Illinois’s overall wage environment. See the full national field data for in-field specifics.
How does Illinois rank on pay equity?
Illinois ranks #26 of 51 US jurisdictions on pay equity, per Census ACS state ratios.
How are women represented in Illinois politics?
38.4% of Illinois state legislators are women (CAWP 2024). 6 women from Illinois serve in the 119th US Congress.
Where does the national medicine data come from?
AAMC Physician Workforce Data; Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2024; JAMA Internal Medicine — Tsugawa 2017