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Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators salary in Chicago, IL

The median claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $78,640 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,022 a month.

10th percentile
$49,590
25th percentile
$61,790
Median percentile
$78,640
75th percentile
$99,310
90th percentile
$123,460

Based on 9,080 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

$60,261 take-home a year
Gross pay$78,640
Federal income tax−$8,471
Social Security + Medicare−$6,016
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,893
Monthly take-home$5,022
Every two weeks$2,318

Does it go far here?

$75,911Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
28%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

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