Senior Electrical Engineer salary in Peoria, IL

Based on 35 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Peoria, IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Chillicothe, East Peoria, Mossville, Chilicothe, Chililicothe.

Also listed as: Electrical Design Engineer

Median salary$100,069
Middle 50%$98.6k–$100.3k
vs. all levels here+2%comparison median $98,550
Filings35FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $98,550 and $156,009.
PercentileSalary
10th$98,550
25th$98,550
50th (median)$100,069
75th$100,267
90th$106,496

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $105k $130k FY2020: median $104,391 (11 filings) FY2021: median $115,000 (21 filings) FY2024: median $91,000 (12 filings) FY2025: median $100,069 (21 filings) FY2026: median $98,550 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 21 filings FY21 FY2022: 6 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 21 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 21
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$104,391$100,388$110,60311
FY2021$115,000$104,952$122,57421
FY2022–––6
FY2023–––7
FY2024$91,000$91,000$100,06912
FY2025$100,069$100,069$100,06921
FY2026$98,550$98,550$100,34814

Cost of living

Peoria's median senior Electrical Engineer salary of $100,069 is worth about $109,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Peoria = 91.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Electrical Engineers in the Peoria, IL area earned a median of $101,500 in May 2025 (160 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,069, 1% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Caterpillar$100,06923
Harvey Nashtoo few4
Servotechtoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $72,280 15
Mid-level · Level II $85,405 63
Senior · Level III $100,069 35
Expert · Level IV $113,485 42

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$68,515$72,28015
Mid-level · Level II$85,405$85,40563
Senior · Level III$98,550$100,06935
Expert · Level IV$111,675$113,48542

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.