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Financial and Investment Analysts salary in Chicago, IL

The median financial and investment analysts in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $101,750 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,281 a month.

10th percentile
$67,480
25th percentile
$79,330
Median percentile
$101,750
75th percentile
$129,950
90th percentile
$167,300

Based on 17,150 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

$75,375 take-home a year
Gross pay$101,750
Federal income tax−$13,555
Social Security + Medicare−$7,784
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$5,037
Monthly take-home$6,281
Every two weeks$2,899

Does it go far here?

$98,219Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
23%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 financial and investment analysts salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois