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Title: AI Evaluator for Marketing rate in Illinois | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Marketing pay in Illinois: median wage $40 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $50. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

IL · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# AI Evaluator: Marketing hourly rate in Illinois

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Marketing in Illinois is **$40.20 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$50 an hour** on Deftridge, -9% against the United States rate.

**$50/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$40.20/hr** median wage

**$30-55** middle half of wages

**$1,080** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Marketing 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 | $23.00 | $500 | $47,800 |
| 25th | $30.37 | $660 | $63,200 |
| Median | $40.20 | $870 | $83,600 |
| 75th | $54.58 | $1,180 | $113,500 |
| 90th | $73.98 | $1,600 | $153,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 35,350 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: Marketing, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-6%** median wage against the United States median of $42.78

- **18th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **35,350** people employed in the role in this place

- **$51.08** median wage in the Bloomington 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: Marketing 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 | $50 | $1,080 |
| Manager | $60 | $1,300 |
| Director | $75 | $1,630 |

- AI expert review **$50**

## AI Evaluator: Marketing pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior AI Evaluator: Marketing, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Illinois ranks **18 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $59.84 | $75 |
| Delaware | $56.42 | $70 |
| New York | $52.89 | $65 |
| Georgia | $42.04 | $55 |
| Maine | $41.57 | $50 |
| Florida | $41.52 | $50 |
| Illinois | $40.20 | $50 |
| Connecticut | $38.94 | $50 |
| Maryland | $38.92 | $50 |
| New Hampshire | $38.66 | $50 |

## Metro areas in Illinois

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

- [Bloomington $51.08/hr median wage · range $34-70](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Chicago $42.15/hr median wage · range $33-55](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Peoria $36.95/hr median wage · range $28-53](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Champaign $35.30/hr median wage · range $28-43](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Springfield $33.41/hr median wage · range $26-45](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Rockford $32.98/hr median wage · range $24-42](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Kankakee $31.91/hr median wage · range $25-41](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/)

- [Decatur $31.18/hr median wage · range $26-39](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/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: Marketing rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-marketing/) · [AI Evaluator: Marketing jobs in Illinois](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-marketing/illinois/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
