Jobs in the Peoria, IL area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Peoria, IL metro area has 131 open job postings from 39 employers in our data. 28.3% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $82,500 a year, 0.8% are remote and 31.3% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $82,500 posted salary in the Peoria area buys about what $90,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 9% below the national average.
Housing costs run 36% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($49,500) is worth $54,500 in average-US dollars, 23rd of 99 metro areas.
0.8% of postings are remote, 90th highest of 99 metro areas.
28.3% of open job postings list a pay range, 29th of 99 metro areas.
Peoria compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
131open postings from 39 employers
28.3%list a pay range
$82,500median posted pay (middle half: $54,500 to $141,500)
0.8%remote
4%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$49,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
13%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4% in 2026-08 (4.9% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Illinois, employers had 211,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.3% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 9.5% above its February 2020 level and 3% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Peoria, IL
109
34
28.4%
$85,000
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
34
Retail & E-commerce
31
Media & Entertainment
17
Employers with the most openings
Hy-Vee: 17 postings
Blueskytelepsych: 14 postings
Rheoengineering: 10 postings
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.: 10 postings
Advancedtechnologyservices: 8 postings
Federal government hiring
60 federal job announcements open to the public list Peoria, IL, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $105,000. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System (16), Air National Guard Units (11), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (4), Army National Guard Units (3). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Peoria, IL area run 9% below the national average, and housing runs 36% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $49,500, which is worth $54,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $82,500 is worth $90,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
