CHICAGO / SALARY
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

$86,373 USD

£66,347 GBP

New York City

$99,813 USD

$52,000 USD

£39,943 GBP

Average Salary / Chicago

Average salary in Chicago is $86,373 USD per year. The most typical earning is $52,000 USD. All data are based on 785 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $96,100 USD. Women receive a salary of $76,500 USD.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians V with average income $131,700 USD and Engineers & Technicians III with income $120,000 USD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of $147,200 USD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of $99,500 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of $116,600 USD. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive $100,800 USD.

Levels / Chicago (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD	0	n/a
$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD	4	100% 0.51%
$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD	18	99.49% 2.29%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	20	97.2% 2.55%
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	31	94.65% 3.95%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	20	90.7% 2.55%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	40	88.15% 5.1%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	44	83.06% 5.61%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	67	77.45% 8.54%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	42	68.92% 5.35%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	48	63.57% 6.11%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	34	57.45% 4.33%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	41	53.12% 5.22%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	25	47.9% 3.18%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	39	44.71% 4.97%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	24	39.75% 3.06%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	28	36.69% 3.57%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	21	33.12% 2.68%
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	30	30.45% 3.82%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	10	26.62% 1.27%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	18	25.35% 2.29%
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	9	23.06% 1.15%
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	30	21.91% 3.82%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	12	18.09% 1.53%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	12	16.56% 1.53%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	7	15.03% 0.89%
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	17	14.14% 2.17%
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	5	11.97% 0.64%
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	18	11.34% 2.29%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	5	9.04% 0.64%
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	8	8.41% 1.02%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	6	7.39% 0.76%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	5	6.62% 0.64%
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	13	5.99% 1.66%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	4	4.33% 0.51%
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	6	3.82% 0.76%
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD	2	3.06% 0.25%
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD	2	2.8% 0.25%
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD	20	2.55% 2.55%

Gender / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	405	$96,100 USD
2	Women	204	$76,500 USD

Education / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	48	$147,200 USD
2	Masters Degree	208	$99,500 USD
3	Bachelors Degree	336	$81,200 USD
4	Bellow H. School	5	$74,800 USD
5	Some College	143	$70,200 USD
6	High School	45	$52,100 USD

Experience / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	167	$116,600 USD
2	12-16 Years	86	$100,800 USD
3	8-12 Years	119	$96,800 USD
4	16-20 Years	69	$95,000 USD
5	4-8 Years	136	$69,900 USD
6	2-4 Years	87	$65,200 USD
7	1-2 Years	57	$55,400 USD
8	0-1 Year	64	$50,900 USD

Age / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	35	$120,900 USD
2	66-70	7	$119,400 USD
3	51-55	60	$117,700 USD
4	46-50	62	$109,800 USD
5	61-65	21	$102,500 USD
6	36-40	85	$101,600 USD
7	41-45	62	$91,500 USD
8	31-35	84	$81,700 USD
9	n/a	178	$75,500 USD
10	26-30	113	$71,300 USD
11	21-25	67	$53,700 USD
12	14-20	10	$43,300 USD
13	71-75	1	$18,000 USD

Work Type / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	45	$93,000 USD
2	Contract	46	$87,800 USD
3	Permanent	668	$87,500 USD
4	Part Time	26	$43,300 USD

Career Groups / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians V	7	$131,700 USD
2	Engineers & Technicians III	1	$120,000 USD
3	Law	17	$117,300 USD
4	Management & Business	120	$110,200 USD
5	Health Care & Medical	29	$104,100 USD
6	Salesmen & Saleswomen	21	$102,100 USD
7	Finance & Banking	45	$100,400 USD
8	Human Resources	29	$98,000 USD
9	IT & Programming II	42	$95,100 USD
10	Engineers & Technicians IV	3	$95,000 USD
11	IT & Programming	72	$93,200 USD
12	Insurance	28	$92,600 USD
13	Security & Fireguard	6	$90,000 USD
14	Health Care & Medical II	30	$88,000 USD
15	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	44	$87,600 USD
16	Construction & Labor Workers	18	$84,700 USD
17	Hotels & Tourism	4	$84,500 USD
18	Logistics, Road, Railway	11	$78,800 USD
19	Engineers & Technicians	39	$78,600 USD
20	Military	2	$75,500 USD
21	Education & University	32	$74,300 USD
22	Properties & Real Estates	7	$68,200 USD
23	Aviation & Shipping	2	$67,500 USD
24	Public Sector	11	$64,800 USD
25	Accounting & Administration	59	$60,300 USD
26	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	13	$58,600 USD
27	Fashion	3	$57,000 USD
28	Automobile	2	$55,000 USD
29	Geography & Geodesy	1	$55,000 USD
30	Media	7	$52,800 USD
31	Making Design	12	$52,500 USD
32	Architect Constructions	11	$50,700 USD
33	Customer Services	31	$50,500 USD
34	Organization & Coordination	5	$48,400 USD
35	Arts, Culture, Performance	8	$39,100 USD
36	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	9	$34,800 USD
37	Sports & Recreation	1	$34,000 USD
38	Archaeology & History	1	$30,000 USD
39	Agriculture & Fishing	2	$24,500 USD

Careers / Chicago (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	4	$200,000 USD
2	Director	22	$161,500 USD
3	General Manager	11	$144,900 USD
4	Other Finance Career	8	$143,300 USD
5	Other Sales Career	5	$143,000 USD
6	Risk Management Insurance	6	$133,600 USD
7	Other Engineer Career	7	$131,700 USD
8	Business Manager	5	$130,600 USD
9	Computer Architect	5	$129,500 USD
10	Lawyer	8	$128,100 USD
11	Product Development Manager	4	$127,500 USD
12	Salesmen or Saleswomen	10	$118,500 USD
13	IT Manager	18	$118,100 USD
14	Human Resources Manager	10	$116,500 USD
15	Lead Developer	5	$116,100 USD
16	Software Engineer	8	$115,800 USD
17	IT Project Manager	10	$112,100 USD
18	Financial Adviser	5	$111,400 USD
19	Finance Manager	4	$111,300 USD
20	Other Human Resource Career	9	$103,500 USD
21	Human Resource	6	$93,300 USD
22	Operations Manager	6	$93,300 USD
23	Healthcare Management	4	$89,500 USD
24	University Professor	4	$88,800 USD
25	Business Development Manager	4	$84,800 USD
26	Manager	16	$84,400 USD
27	Software Developer	13	$83,700 USD
28	Registered Nurse	5	$82,800 USD
29	Engineer	13	$81,200 USD
30	System Analyst	7	$81,100 USD
31	Other Management Career	12	$80,600 USD
32	Other Insurance Career	4	$80,500 USD
33	Office Manager	6	$80,100 USD
34	Other Medical Career	9	$75,400 USD
35	Account Manager	4	$73,800 USD
36	Project Manager	9	$72,700 USD
37	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	7	$72,700 USD
38	Financial Analyst	9	$72,600 USD
39	Clinical Psychologist	4	$71,300 USD
40	Other Administration Career	5	$71,000 USD
41	Electrical Engineer	4	$70,400 USD
42	Other Manufacturing Career	4	$69,500 USD
43	Marketing Manager	8	$66,200 USD
44	System Administrator	5	$64,400 USD
45	Other Public Sector Career	5	$64,100 USD
46	Customer Service Manager	8	$62,000 USD
47	Accountant	7	$58,000 USD
48	Mechanical Engineer	6	$56,500 USD
49	Marketing	5	$56,100 USD
50	Insurance	5	$55,800 USD
51	Other Service Career	8	$54,800 USD
52	Manufacturing	4	$54,000 USD
53	Teacher	7	$52,500 USD
54	Architect	7	$48,200 USD
55	Designer	4	$47,100 USD
56	Staff Accountant	8	$46,700 USD
57	Service Coordinator	6	$38,400 USD
58	Administrative Assistant	7	$35,800 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Account Manager

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	$50,000 USD

Customer Support

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Provide technical support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	High School	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$54,000 USD

Hr Director

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee global HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$120,000 USD

Director

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Theology."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$55,000 USD

Recepcionista

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Atender gente."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	8-12 Years	Advanced	$75,000 USD

Animator

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Animation using 3D software. Compositing, rendering, lighting, editing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$47,500 USD

Professor Emeritus

Posted 11 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical/Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$120,000 USD

Product Manager

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ecommerce, product management, agile development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$83,000 USD

Team Lead

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Security assessment and risks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$140,000 USD

Product Manager

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reporting and Analytics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	$85,000 USD

Talent Acquisition & Strategy

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	$45,000 USD

Mechanical Insulator

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Journeyman."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	$87,000 USD

Client Development - Manager

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Account management / sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$101,000 USD

Investor Relations

Posted 29 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fundraising."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	$70,000 USD

Lead Application Developer

Posted 28 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"AWS JAVA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$140,000 USD

Account Executive

Posted 26 December 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$100,000 USD

System Administrator

Posted 23 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintain a network."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	1-2 Years	Advanced	$52,000 USD

Accountant

Posted 16 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintain financial ledgers for multi funds."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$98,000 USD

Expert

Posted 09 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Government relations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	$80,000 USD

Underwriter/asset Manager

Posted 27 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Determining the value of homes across the US."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	$60,000 USD

Senior Sw Engineer

Posted 11 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop backend programs in Perl, C++, Java --expert in OOD."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$115,000 USD

Attorney

Posted 02 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Must be licensed by the State to practice law."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$75,000 USD

Electrical Engineer

Posted 24 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Control Systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$95,000 USD

Lecturer

Posted 22 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Course designing for upper level undergraduate courses."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$57,500 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 21 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Testing, creating features."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$100,000 USD

Account Manager

Posted 14 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technology, Datacenter, Microsoft, Cloud, Infrastructure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$130,000 USD

Hr Manager

Posted 08 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment, Performance Reviews, Talent Reviews, Business Support, Change Management, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	$82,000 USD

Senior Global Research Operations Manager

Posted 23 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruiting, training, staffing, competencies, technology tools for all the above."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	$103,000 USD

Middle Mangement

Posted 12 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Incharge of a shift. Fire, Arson investigator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$175,000 USD

Lead Sda

Posted 17 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Microsoft. NET. Web Development. SQL Server."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$135,000 USD

Director Of Teacher Support

Posted 14 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead teacher training, coach teachers on college access 
•	Managed and coached a portfolio of teachers teaching OneGoal’s college access curriculum to meet Learn. Plan. Succeed Metrics 
o	Differentiated supports for teachers and their Post-secondary leadership team to reach the verified enrollment of 98. 9% 
o	Exceeded the org’s completion rate of 90% and achieved an average of 94. 5% FAFSA completion with teachers in my portfolio 
o	Developed a culturally responsive coaching guide for teachers used as the regional strategy for students in check-ins 
•	Pioneered prototype for the first student facing website in Chicago that was used as our region’s strategy to deliver student advising 
•	Planned and executed professional development trainings at least 5 times a year for teachers and their respective PLT teams 
•	Built team’s dashboard using internal data system called GradTrack (Salesforces powered) to monitor enrollment and persistence 
•	Innovated the first teacher-led professional development to help reach the organization’s enrollment goal of 81%."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$67,000 USD

Senior Engineer L1

Posted 11 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop iOS application."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Loan Officer

Posted 10 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assistant Bank Manager, lending, account management, supervisor."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	$36,000 USD

Roofer

Posted 22 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Clean. Cut material. Safety. OSHA certified."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$35,000 USD

Sales Engineer

Posted 08 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Selling to manufacturing companies nationwide."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$300,000 USD

Pharmacy Technician

Posted 17 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fill prescriptions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$45,000 USD

Sales Manager

Posted 13 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelor degree."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$33,000 USD

Delivery Manager

Posted 11 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"ERP, Human Resource."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$130,000 USD

Land Lord

Posted 22 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Pc lap top advertisements interview clean repair instruct."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	$19,700 USD

Security Executive

Posted 11 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bayreuth Bru ugh."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	$295,000 USD

Senior Manager /director

Posted 17 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"SAP consultant, director level."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$235,000 USD

Greenhouse Manager

Posted 11 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Running a fully operational greenhouse."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	$20,000 USD

Consultant

Posted 02 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sell communication development. B2b."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Financial Advisor

Posted 12 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"CFP, helping people to plan and invest their money."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Global Account Director

Posted 10 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Advertising Account Lead agency side."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$165,000 USD

Quality Engineer

Posted 17 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Defect review, root cause analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$106,000 USD

Director

Posted 16 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategy development and alignment for HR functions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Post Doc

Posted 11 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chemistry, materials science, synthesis, characterization."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$50,000 USD

Marketing Analyst

Posted 01 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conducting marketing analysis and predictive analytics to provide marketing data recommendations to the business and channels."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Manufacturing Engineer

Posted 26 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Knows all tasks and core knowledge. Six Certificates."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$225,000 USD

ECONOMY / Chicago

The economy in Chicago is among largest on the world and very diversified. It is an efficient economic center for more than 400 major headquarters. Chicago has various economic sectors that include manufacturing, risk management and innovations, IT, health services, and others.

Chicago Employment by Industry

Average salary in Chicago is much higher than U.S. average salary. For example Experienced Software Developer earn around $87,000 on average per year. Average salary for IT Project Manager in Chicago is around $88,000. Executive Assistant earn around $51,000 on average per year.

CHICAGO / SALARY UNITED STATES

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