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Correctional Officers and Jailers salary in Chicago, IL

The median correctional officers and jailers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $84,550 a year, 43% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,344 a month.

10th percentile
$61,000
25th percentile
$67,760
Median percentile
$84,550
75th percentile
$94,770
90th percentile
$95,990

Based on 4,940 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

$64,126 take-home a year
Gross pay$84,550
Federal income tax−$9,771
Social Security + Medicare−$6,468
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$4,185
Monthly take-home$5,344
Every two weeks$2,466

Does it go far here?

$81,616Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
27%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 correctional officers and jailers salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois