Mental Health nurse pay in Illinois
$79,040median posted offer#3 of 3 states for Mental Health
Mental Health nurses in Illinois are being offered a median $79,040 a year across 7 live postings that state pay — 14% below the national Mental Health median of $91,718. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Mental Health in Illinois?
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Other specialties in Illinois
- Nurse Practitioner 11 postings$141k
- Emergency 9 postings$125k
- Executive Nurses & Nurse Administrators 13 postings$114k
- Nursing Management/Admin 12 postings$113k
- Directors of Nursing 12 postings$113k
- Healthcare Management Occupations 17 postings$112k
- Travel 15 postings$111k
- Education/Staff Development 9 postings$111k
Or see all nurse pay in Illinois (1,273 postings), or Mental Health pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in IllinoisEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorTurn it into a full-year number, see what it's worth where you'd live, and compare offers side by side.
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- CommunityAsk nurses what they really take homeDifferentials, ratios, and the offer nobody posts. Bring your number and compare notes.
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Mental Health nurses make in Illinois?
- Across 7 live Mental Health postings in Illinois that state pay, the median offer is $79,040 a year. The middle half runs $65,745–$94,360, and the top 10% start at $102,240.
- Is Illinois a good state for Mental Health nurses?
- On posted pay, Illinois ranks #3 of 3 states for Mental Health. The median there is 14% below the national Mental Health median of $91,718. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.