Kennel Attendant Salary in Illinois

Illinois's position against the national figures changes across the distribution.

At the bottom it is well ahead: the 10th percentile, $31,200, is 14% above the national $27,250, and the 25th percentile, $32,080, is 8% above the national $29,820.

The median is essentially level — $35,570 against $35,360, 1% higher.

Then the state falls behind: the 75th percentile, $37,840, is 6% below the national $40,050.

At the top the gap closes again — the 90th percentile, $50,160, is essentially level with the national $50,060.

Benchmarking an offer against the national median alone would miss how far ahead the Illinois floor sits.

Half of the Illinois workers counted earned between $32,080 and $37,840 — a band $5,760 wide, against $10,230 nationally.

The full span from the 10th to the 90th percentile is $18,960, against the national $22,810, because the Illinois 10th percentile sits well above the national one while the 90th percentile is essentially level.

The median sits $3,490 above the 25th percentile and $2,270 below the 75th, so more of the band's width sits below the median than above it.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution has this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Illinois hourly median is $17.10, against $17.00 nationally — a 1% gap that matches the annual median.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 11,070 animal caretakers were employed in Illinois across all industries — the 5th-largest count among the 51 jurisdictions in the release.

The estimate is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of openings, and BLS publishes no state count of how many of them work in veterinary settings, so it says nothing about how many positions exist in any one setting.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Illinois have a median of $46,440 — $10,870, or 31%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, 1.3 times as much.

The two figures count different occupations — one veterinary-specific, one spanning all industries — so the gap is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a raise anyone should expect from staying in the same job.