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Career Information for Office Clerks in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Office Clerks in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Springfield, Kankakee, and Danville
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Rockford, Chicago, and Champaign
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Peoria, and Springfield

Salaries for Office Clerks in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Chicago, Springfield, and Champaign. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Office Clerks in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Clerical Schools in Illinois

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Rasmussen College
Aurora, Rockford, Romeoville

Offers career training and degree programs in allied health, business, justice studies, nursing, education, and technology. Located at 13 campuses across the U.S.

  • Programs: Office Management, Office Management - Corporate Management
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Office Clerks in Illinois

Virginia College Online
Online

Offers degree programs in many fields. Offered online

  • Programs: Administrative Office Management
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Brookline College
Online

Offers career training and undergraduate degree programs in a variety of fields. Located at three Arizona campus sites and one in New Mexico.

  • Programs: Business Technology Specialist, Business Technology Specialists
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Illinois Clerical Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Black Hawk CollegeMolineAssociate6,311
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicagoAssociate9,679
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
College of DuPageGlen EllynAssociate25,768
College of Lake CountyGrayslakeAssociate16,010
Danville Area Community CollegeDanvilleAssociate2,832
Elgin Community CollegeElginAssociate9,613
Harper CollegePalatineAssociate15,156
Heartland Community CollegeNormalAssociate4,827
Highland Community College FreeportFreeportAssociate2,049
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Lincoln Trail CollegeRobinsonAssociate1,445
Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesbyAssociate4,103
John A Logan CollegeCartervilleAssociate7,559
Joliet Junior CollegeJolietAssociate13,149
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakeeAssociate3,591
Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaAssociate5,041
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaAssociate4,466
Lake Land CollegeMattoonAssociate7,177
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfreyAssociate7,875
Lincoln CollegeLincolnBachelor1,266
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,655
MacCormac CollegeChicagoAssociate171
McHenry County CollegeCrystal LakeAssociate5,274
Midstate CollegePeoriaBachelor641
Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos HillsAssociate15,859
Morton CollegeCiceroAssociate5,057
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnaisDoctorate4,636
Parkland CollegeChampaignAssociate9,407
Rend Lake CollegeInaAssociate4,821
Richland Community CollegeDecaturAssociate3,274
Rock Valley CollegeRockfordAssociate7,923
Roosevelt UniversityChicagoDoctorate7,163
Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixonAssociate2,700
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburgAssociate2,606
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondaleDoctorate & First Professional20,983
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevilleAssociate13,713
Spoon River CollegeCantonAssociate2,139
Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar GroveAssociate8,731

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Office Clerks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Office Clerks

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Office Clerks relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Springfield3,080$28,2601.5
Kankakee970$24,4901.4
Danville590$24,3001.3
Bloomington1,470$25,3101.1
Decatur910$22,8101
Peoria3,370$25,2200.9
Champaign1,750$27,1300.9
Chicago72,040$28,3000.9
Rockford2,520$25,4200.8
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