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Skilled trades in Illinois
SkilledLadder has guides for 2 trades in Illinois so far: electrician and plumber. Each one has its own license and its own rules.
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Electrician
There's no statewide license, but you still need one from the city or county where you work. Its guide covers Chicago and Springfield.
$47.87
median pay an hour
23,120
jobs on payrolls
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Plumber
You need your own state license, from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
$48.05
median pay an hour
16,750
jobs on payrolls
No sprinkler fitter guide for Illinois yet. The sprinkler fitter guides cover Florida and Washington so far. See the sprinkler fitter guides
Sources
- The licensing boards and agencies listed in each trade's guide: who issues the license
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: median pay and jobs
- U.S. Department of Labor, national apprenticeship data, extract of August 17, 2026: the registered programs
Pay and jobs: median pay counts every worker in the trade on a payroll in the state, from first-year apprentices to masters, so it isn't what an apprentice earns. Jobs counts filled positions on payrolls. Someone with 2 jobs counts twice, and the self-employed aren't in it.
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