High paying management jobs in Kankakee, IL

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kankakee, IL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Kankakee, IL run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Kankakee, IL salary is worth about 1.04× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Kankakee, IL · Employed

1Sales Managers$135,330
Bachelor's degree
$58,820 – $265,810120
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$133,150
Bachelor's degree
$79,890 – $214,75060
3Financial Managers$127,470
Bachelor's degree
$77,110 – $229,460170
4Industrial Production Managers$124,070
Bachelor's degree
$81,340 – $183,540120
5Human Resources Managers$121,560
Bachelor's degree
$83,230 – $171,25060
6Marketing Managers$121,310
Bachelor's degree
$65,690 – $223,81040
7Managers, All Other$109,340
Bachelor's degree
$60,620 – $172,690100
8Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$107,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,710 – $197,15040
9Medical and Health Services Managers$103,720
Bachelor's degree
$70,430 – $169,110250
10Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$99,470
Master's degree
$65,520 – $125,080130
11Facilities Managers$93,590
Bachelor's degree
$64,330 – $139,99060
12General and Operations Managers$93,310
Bachelor's degree
$46,750 – $205,120970
13Construction Managers$92,820
Bachelor's degree
$59,680 – $131,92080
14Administrative Services Managers$87,490
Bachelor's degree
$49,990 – $156,21040
15Social and Community Service Managers$77,680
Bachelor's degree
$50,750 – $110,39050
16Food Service Managers$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $157,880100

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianKankakee, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$135,330	$58,820 – $265,810	120
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$133,150	$79,890 – $214,750	60
3	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,470	$77,110 – $229,460	170
4	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,070	$81,340 – $183,540	120
5	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,560	$83,230 – $171,250	60
6	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,310	$65,690 – $223,810	40
7	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$109,340	$60,620 – $172,690	100
8	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,910	$59,710 – $197,150	40
9	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,720	$70,430 – $169,110	250
10	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$99,470	$65,520 – $125,080	130
11	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$93,590	$64,330 – $139,990	60
12	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$93,310	$46,750 – $205,120	970
13	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$92,820	$59,680 – $131,920	80
14	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$87,490	$49,990 – $156,210	40
15	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$77,680	$50,750 – $110,390	50
16	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$37,410 – $157,880	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kankakee, IL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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