Internships in Illinois

Illinois has 1,785 open internships right now. 220 close in the next 30 days, 88 of them in the next 7 days. Where a listing states its pay, the median is $25 an hour.

open internships
1,785
close in the next 30 days
220
median listed pay
$25/hr
list their pay
57%

Deadlines

88 Illinois internships close in the next 7 days

Employers stop taking applications on these dates.

  • Next 7 days88
  • Days 8–1445
  • Days 15–2149
  • Days 22–3038

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Open internships in Illinois

What internships in Illinois pay

Hourly pay on open internships that list it. The bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile and the tick marks the median. The grey line is the US median across all fields, $25.50.

  • All fields

    $25 median, 2% below the US median

    $21.50 to $30.75, out of 1,005 postings that state pay

  • Engineering

    $26 median

    $24 to $30.50, out of 305 postings that state pay

  • Operations

    $23.50 median

    $21 to $28, out of 236 postings that state pay

  • Finance

    $28.50 median

    $24.50 to $34.50, out of 195 postings that state pay

  • Marketing & Sales

    $22.50 median

    $18 to $26.50, out of 133 postings that state pay

  • Healthcare

    $22.12 median

    $20 to $26, out of 98 postings that state pay

  • Data & Analytics

    $27.83 median

    $24.61 to $34, out of 75 postings that state pay

  • Service & Hospitality

    $19 median

    $17 to $21.50, out of 66 postings that state pay

  • Research & Science

    $22 median

    $20 to $26, out of 57 postings that state pay

  • Built Environment

    $24.13 median

    $22 to $25.88, out of 54 postings that state pay

  • Consulting

    $34.50 median

    $28 to $78.57, out of 53 postings that state pay

  • Law & Policy

    $28.28 median

    $25 to $34, out of 45 postings that state pay

  • Media & Content

    $22 median

    $19.25 to $25.08, out of 32 postings that state pay

Fields with fewer than 30 listings that state pay are left out, too few for a reliable median.

What to expect from an internship in Illinois

Seasons employers are hiring for

Out of 1,201 postings that state a season

  • Summer1,04086%
  • Fall514%
  • Spring565%
  • Winter454%
  • Year-round91%

The typical internship

Each figure says how many open internships it is out of

Paid69%

1,227 of 1,785 open internships are paid or list pay

Length

10 weeks

median, out of 593 postings that state it

Hours

40 per week

median, out of 260 postings that state it

Who is hiring in Illinois now

Featured employers with open internships in Illinois, by openings here

What Illinois hires for, compared with the US

Each field's share of 1,785 open roles in Illinois, next to its share of open roles across the US. A role can count in more than one field.

Skills Illinois employers ask for

Engineering

Share of 478 postings naming each skill

  • Business communication66%
  • Excel (analytics-level)21%
  • Mathematics21%
  • Leadership & managing work13%
  • Python12%
  • Project management & Agile12%
  • Troubleshooting12%
  • Technical writing & documentation10%

Operations

Share of 397 postings naming each skill

  • Business communication87%
  • Excel (analytics-level)41%
  • Leadership & managing work21%
  • Project management & Agile21%
  • Data analysis & statistics14%
  • Microsoft Office13%
  • Negotiation7%
  • Market research & analysis6%

Finance

Share of 297 postings naming each skill

  • Business communication88%
  • Excel (analytics-level)41%
  • Mathematics24%
  • Leadership & managing work18%
  • Financial modeling18%
  • Data analysis & statistics14%
  • Python11%
  • Microsoft Office8%

Illinois at a glance

220

Close in the next 30 days

of 1,785 open internships

2%

Offer visa sponsorship

of 599 postings that say

57%

List pay

of 1,785 open internships

How we count

An internship counts as open when we have seen it recently, usually on the employer's own careers site, and it hasn't been taken down or passed its application deadline. It also needs a description. Our search uses the same rule.

Counts and shares come from those open internships and are updated throughout the day. Sponsorship counts only the postings that say whether they sponsor. We leave a figure out when too few postings are behind it.