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Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants salary in Chicago, IL

The median automotive and watercraft service attendants in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $38,520 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,602 a month.

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$36,010
Median percentile
$38,520
75th percentile
$43,670
90th percentile
$50,840

Based on 1,200 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$31,224 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,520
Federal income tax−$2,442
Social Security + Medicare−$2,947
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$1,907
Monthly take-home$2,602
Every two weeks$1,201

Does it go far here?

$37,183Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
55%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Chicago, IL

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$344,960
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$293,490
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$284,630
Nurse Anesthetists$265,880
Psychiatrists$258,750
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
General Internal Medicine Physicians$226,060
Family Medicine Physicians$225,080

All automotive and watercraft service attendants salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois