State profile
Illinois
United States · GDP 2025
#5 of 51 US states by GDP43rd-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$1.2T
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
5,661,761
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
322,415
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$74.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,757,634
Census PEP · 2022
Illinois · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Cook$546.4BDuPage$129.7BLake$82.9BWill$50.3BKane$37.1BWinnebago$18.8BPeoria$17.0BMcLean$16.9BMadison$16.6BSt. Clair$16.1BMcHenry$16.0BSangamon$15.7BChampaign$15.4BRock Island$12.6BMacon$9.1BKankakee$8.5BTazewell$7.8BLaSalle$7.7BGrundy$6.0BDeKalb$5.7BKendall$5.4BAdams$4.7BVermilion$4.2BWilliamson$4.0B
See all counties in Illinois →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Allstate CorporationFinancial Services$67.7B84B+2AbbVie Inc.Healthcare$61.2B81B+3United Airlines Holdings, Inc.Industrials$59.1B75B+4Deere & CompanyIndustrials$45.7B75B+5Abbott LaboratoriesHealthcare$44.3B87A6US Foods Holding Corp.Consumer Defensive$39.4B67B7Mondelez International, Inc.Consumer Defensive$38.5B81B+8Medline Inc.Healthcare$28.4B62C9McDonald's CorporationConsumer Cyclical$26.9B81B+10Jones Lang LaSalle IncorporatedReal Estate$26.1B71B11Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyConsumer Defensive$25.0B77B+12Exelon CorporationUtilities$24.3B65B13CDW CorporationTechnology$22.4B75B+14GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.Healthcare$20.6B69B15W.W. Grainger, Inc.Industrials$17.9B85A16Illinois Tool Works Inc.Industrials$16.0B85A17Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Financial Services$13.9B76B+18LKQ CorporationConsumer Cyclical$13.7B74B19Ulta Beauty, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$12.4B79B+20Motorola Solutions, Inc.Technology$11.7B83B+21Conagra Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$11.6B——22Baxter International Inc.Healthcare$11.2B78B+23Cushman & Wakefield plcReal Estate$10.3B50D24Old Republic International CorporationFinancial Services$9.1B80B+25Packaging Corporation of AmericaConsumer Cyclical$9.0B73BHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade17%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services14%
Transportation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$947.2B2021
$1.0T2022
$1.1T2023
$1.1T2024
$1.2T2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR205 filings from 92 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$74.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Illinois?
Illinois's economy produced $1.2T in 2025, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.