A number of homeland security experts are employed in Illinois. Information about their 2012 salaries is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salary data for the average salary and those of workers in the top 10th percentile are listed below.
Homeland Security Jobs
Mean Salary
Top 10th Percentile
Explosives Workers
$70450
$110210
Information Security Analysts
$84150
$122490
Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
$43840
$60580
Transportation Security Screeners
$37790
$44220
Information security analysts in Chicago make substantially more than the state’s average. Their average salary was $87,670, while those in the top 10th percentile made $130,550.
Wages for transportation security screeners are fairly uniform throughout Illinois. Those in Chicago averaged $38,400.
Some of the higher paying jobs for supervisors of protective service workers were located outside of the cities. Those who were located in the nonmetropolitan northwest area of the state earned $54,020 on average and $67,990 in the top 10th percentile.
The information shown in these tables was furnished by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and represents salary data for many of the different homeland security jobs one could find in Illinois’ major cities.
Illinois Information Security Analyst Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL Metropolitan Division
1280
42.15
87670
39.21
51.76
62.76
81560
107670
130550
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL-IN-WI
1480
41.40
86110
38.88
51.07
61.16
80870
106230
127220
Lake County-Kenosha County IL-WI Metropolitan Division
180
36.81
76560
36.70
47.79
54.30
76340
99410
112950
Peoria IL
50
34.12
70960
32.49
42.15
57.28
67580
87670
119150
Rockford IL
30
34.88
72540
29.51
48.03
53.98
61390
99910
112290
St. Louis MO-IL
890
35.57
73980
34.26
43.17
52.98
71270
89790
110190
Springfield IL
Estimate Not Released
37.13
77230
36.48
45.47
53.39
75880
94570
111050
Illinois Ordnance Handling Expert Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL Metropolitan Division
50
36.38
75670
33.49
48.12
53.78
69670
100080
111850
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL-IN-WI
50
36.38
75670
33.49
48.12
53.78
69670
100080
111850
Illinois Protective Service Workers Supervisor Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL Metropolitan Division
2810
20.79
43240
20.07
25.54
28.90
41740
53120
60100
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL-IN-WI
3030
20.93
43540
20.18
25.70
29.07
41980
53460
60460
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL
50
22.26
46300
21.82
26.73
30.25
45380
55590
62930
Lake County-Kenosha County IL-WI Metropolitan Division
70
27.87
57970
26.03
28.83
47.29
54140
59970
98370
Rockford IL
Estimate not released
17.62
36650
16.30
20.81
26.26
33900
43280
54630
St. Louis MO-IL
510
20.95
43570
19.99
26.10
32.44
41590
54290
67470
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Estimate not released
25.97
54020
25.68
27.98
32.69
53420
58210
67990
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
40
13.77
28640
10.61
14.61
25.74
22070
30380
53540
Illinois Transportation Security Screener Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Bloomington-Normal IL
40
16.42
34150
16.09
17.58
19.01
33460
36560
39540
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL Metropolitan Division
1980
18.46
38400
18.24
19.57
21.36
37940
40710
44420
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL-IN-WI
1980
18.46
38400
18.24
19.57
21.36
37940
40710
44420
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL
70
17.27
35920
16.96
18.64
19.36
35280
38780
40270
Peoria IL
40
15.80
32860
14.08
17.43
18.94
29280
36250
39390
St. Louis MO-IL
360
17.19
35760
16.74
18.74
19.88
34820
38970
41350
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