Illinois · SOC 53-0000 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and material moving occupations in Illinois
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 53-0000 in Illinois, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 628,100 people in Illinois worked in transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 53-0000), with an average annual wage of $58,700.
Employment in transportation and material moving occupations in Illinois grew 8.6% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Illinois are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 628,100Employment, 2025
- $58,700Mean annual wage
- 10.4%Share of Illinois jobs
- 1.17Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 491,400; 2005 494,700; 2006 502,200; 2007 508,000; 2008 498,300; 2009 461,300; 2010 460,900; 2011 471,700; 2012 481,000; 2013 487,100; 2014 497,100; 2015 506,700; 2016 511,300; 2017 520,300; 2018 561,000; 2019 584,300; 2020 578,100; 2021 593,300; 2022 627,600; 2023 632,000; 2024 630,300; 2025 628,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 628,075 | $58,698 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 630,341 | $56,787 | 0.3% |
| 2023 | 632,046 | $54,140 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 627,622 | $52,349 | 5.8% |
| 2021 | 593,274 | $49,517 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 578,097 | $46,224 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 584,323 | $44,016 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 560,996 | $41,794 | 7.8% |
| 2017 | 520,321 | $39,804 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 511,313 | $37,526 | 0.9% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Transportation and material moving occupations in Illinois, quarterly, at full depth
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