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Title: BD Manager hourly rate in Illinois | Deftridge
Summary: Business Development Manager pay in Illinois: median wage $82 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $120. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

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

# Business Development Manager hourly rate in Illinois

The market median wage for a Business Development Manager in Illinois is **$82.13 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$120 an hour** on Deftridge, -4% against the United States rate.

**$120/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$82.13/hr** median wage

**$57-107** middle half of wages

**$2,600** a month at 5 hours a week

## Business Development Manager 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 | $45.41 | $980 | $94,500 |
| 25th | $57.05 | $1,240 | $118,700 |
| Median | $82.13 | $1,780 | $170,800 |
| 75th | $106.66 | $2,310 | $221,900 |
| 90th | $123.12 | $2,670 | $256,100 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 21,670 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Illinois in numbers

What sets Illinois apart for a Business Development Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-5%** median wage against the United States median of $86.03

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

- **21,670** people employed in the role in this place

- **$84.43** 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 a Business Development Manager 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 | $120 | $2,600 |
| Manager | $145 | $3,140 |
| Director | $175 | $3,790 |

- Regular role **$120**

- One-off task **$135**

- Task bundle **$125**

- Expert hour **$155**

## Business Development Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Business Development Manager, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Illinois ranks **18 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $110.72 | $160 |
| Massachusetts | $100.74 | $145 |
| New York | $95.75 | $140 |
| Minnesota | $84.30 | $120 |
| New Hampshire | $84.30 | $120 |
| Vermont | $83.19 | $120 |
| Illinois | $82.13 | $120 |
| Oregon | $80.35 | $115 |
| South Dakota | $80.09 | $115 |
| Texas | $80.09 | $115 |

## Metro areas in Illinois

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

- [Chicago $84.43/hr median wage · range $59-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Bloomington $82.13/hr median wage · range $57-107](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Peoria $71.58/hr median wage · range $52-91](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Decatur $69.17/hr median wage · range $47-104](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Springfield $65.74/hr median wage · range $40-86](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Rockford $62.51/hr median wage · range $45-87](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Champaign $54.40/hr median wage · range $43-89](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/illinois/)

- [Kankakee $51.83/hr median wage · range $41-70](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/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.

[Business Development Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/) · [Business Development Manager jobs in Illinois](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-development-manager/illinois/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)