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General and Operations Managers salary in Chicago, IL

The median general and operations managers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $109,390 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,698 a month.

10th percentile
$58,000
25th percentile
$76,900
Median percentile
$109,390
75th percentile
$175,170
90th percentile
$298,090

Based on 122,930 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

$80,371 take-home a year
Gross pay$109,390
Federal income tax−$15,236
Social Security + Medicare−$8,368
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$5,415
Monthly take-home$6,698
Every two weeks$3,091

Does it go far here?

$105,594Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
21%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 general and operations managers salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois