English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Illinois earn a median of $77,570 a year (2% below the U.S. median of $78,760), based on about 2,570 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Illinois. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.
Median annual pay
$77,570
2% below the U.S. median of $78,760
Average annual pay
$80,140
Mean wage
Pay range
$37,270–$125,520
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in the state
2,570
Employees, May 2025
The state's price level is 100.0 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $77,570 here equals roughly $77,570 after adjusting for the state's price level.
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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services · English Language and Literature, General · Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.