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Correspondence Clerks salary in Chicago, IL

The median correspondence clerks in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $56,030 a year, 20% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,702 a month.

10th percentile
$32,130
25th percentile
$42,070
Median percentile
$56,030
75th percentile
$59,720
90th percentile
$72,090

Based on 30 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

$44,427 take-home a year
Gross pay$56,030
Federal income tax−$4,544
Social Security + Medicare−$4,286
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,773
Monthly take-home$3,702
Every two weeks$1,709

Does it go far here?

$54,086Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
39%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 correspondence clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois