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Financial Specialists, All Other salary in Chicago, IL

The median financial specialists, all other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $81,740 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,191 a month.

10th percentile
$54,930
25th percentile
$64,120
Median percentile
$81,740
75th percentile
$105,160
90th percentile
$155,540

Based on 4,630 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

$62,288 take-home a year
Gross pay$81,740
Federal income tax−$9,153
Social Security + Medicare−$6,253
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$4,046
Monthly take-home$5,191
Every two weeks$2,396

Does it go far here?

$78,903Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
28%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 specialists, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois