Paycheck Atlas

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks salary in Chicago, IL

The median credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $57,910 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,820 a month.

10th percentile
$42,700
25th percentile
$46,600
Median percentile
$57,910
75th percentile
$75,260
90th percentile
$92,890

Based on 140 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

$45,844 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,910
Federal income tax−$4,769
Social Security + Medicare−$4,430
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,867
Monthly take-home$3,820
Every two weeks$1,763

Does it go far here?

$55,900Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
37%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 credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois