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Court, Municipal, and License Clerks salary in Chicago, IL

The median court, municipal, and license clerks in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $48,560 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,233 a month.

10th percentile
$35,450
25th percentile
$38,200
Median percentile
$48,560
75th percentile
$67,170
90th percentile
$78,720

Based on 4,590 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

$38,794 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,560
Federal income tax−$3,647
Social Security + Medicare−$3,715
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,404
Monthly take-home$3,233
Every two weeks$1,492

Does it go far here?

$46,875Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
44%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 court, municipal, and license clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois