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Title: AI Evaluator for Legal hourly rate in Illinois | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Legal pay in Illinois: median wage $90 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $115. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

IL · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# AI Evaluator: Legal hourly rate in Illinois

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Legal in Illinois is **$90.16 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$115 an hour** on Deftridge, +5% against the United States rate.

**$115/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$90.16/hr** median wage

**$58-125** middle half of wages

**$2,490** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Legal wage percentiles in Illinois

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $42.13 | $910 | $87,600 |
| 25th | $57.91 | $1,250 | $120,500 |
| Median | $90.16 | $1,950 | $187,500 |
| 75th | $124.99 | $2,710 | $260,000 |
| 90th | $198.52 | $4,300 | $412,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 33,430 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Illinois in numbers

What sets Illinois apart for an AI Evaluator: Legal, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+4%** median wage against the United States median of $86.71

- **7th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **33,430** people employed in the role in this place

- **$95.19** median wage in the Chicago metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an AI Evaluator: Legal in Illinois by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $115 | $2,490 |
| Manager | $135 | $2,930 |
| Director | $165 | $3,580 |

- AI expert review **$115**

## AI Evaluator: Legal pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior AI Evaluator: Legal, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Illinois ranks **7 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $132.50 | $165 |
| District of Columbia | $113.96 | $140 |
| New York | $105.98 | $130 |
| Delaware | $102.57 | $130 |
| Massachusetts | $101.02 | $125 |
| Colorado | $91.52 | $115 |
| Illinois | $90.16 | $115 |
| Virginia | $90.07 | $115 |
| Nevada | $88.78 | $110 |
| Washington | $86.45 | $110 |

## Metro areas in Illinois

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Chicago $95.19/hr median wage · range $60-129](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Decatur $90.16/hr median wage · range $58-125](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Springfield $72.90/hr median wage · range $54-103](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Bloomington $72.47/hr median wage · range $47-89](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Peoria $72.04/hr median wage · range $47-113](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Champaign $61.67/hr median wage · range $46-101](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Rockford $58.01/hr median wage · range $37-95](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

- [Kankakee $49.70/hr median wage · range $37-92](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[AI Evaluator: Legal rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-legal/) · [AI Evaluator: Legal jobs in Illinois](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-legal/illinois/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)