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Driver/Sales Workers salary in Chicago, IL

The median driver/sales workers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $40,490 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,726 a month.

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$31,200
Median percentile
$40,490
75th percentile
$50,110
90th percentile
$69,640

Based on 10,190 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

$32,709 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,490
Federal income tax−$2,679
Social Security + Medicare−$3,097
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,004
Monthly take-home$2,726
Every two weeks$1,258

Does it go far here?

$39,085Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
52%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 driver/sales workers salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois