How many loan officers are in Illinois?
10,890 loan officers were employed in Illinois in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational survey. That is 85 per 100,000 residents and ranks Illinois 5 of 51 states with data. Illinois accounts for 4% of the 274,320 loan officers counted across all states.
Illinois compared with the states around it
| # | State | Loan Officers | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Florida | 18,830 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Michigan | 11,340 | 112.5 |
| 5 | Illinois | 10,890 | 85 |
| 6 | New York | 10,840 | 53.7 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 10,700 | 102.5 |
The full ranking of all 51 states is on the loan officers page. Largest: California with 25,790. Highest per capita: South Dakota at 205.3 per 100,000.
How many publish a business email?
660 loan officers in Illinois have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, about 6.1% of the employed count, as counted by Email Lists USA's Illinois loan officers list on September 21, 2026. That figure measures who publishes a work address, not the size of the profession, and it changes with each rebuild of that list.
Questions
How many loan officers are in Illinois?
10,890 loan officers were employed in Illinois in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational survey. That is 85 per 100,000 residents and ranks Illinois 5 of 51 states with data.
Is that the number of licensed loan officers in Illinois?
No. It is the number employed in the occupation, estimated from an employer survey. Licence rolls are usually larger, because they include people who hold a licence but are retired, inactive, working in another field or licensed in more than one state.
When is this updated?
The BLS releases state occupational estimates once a year, in spring, for the previous May. This page shows the May 2025 release, read on September 21, 2026, and is rebuilt when the next release is published.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025, series OEUS170000000000013207201 (Loan Officers, Illinois), read September 21, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. Rank and share computed from the 51 published state estimates.