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Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors salary in Chicago, IL

The median health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $114,180 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,959 a month.

10th percentile
$64,630
25th percentile
$95,700
Median percentile
$114,180
75th percentile
$139,650
90th percentile
$178,400

Based on 180 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

$83,504 take-home a year
Gross pay$114,180
Federal income tax−$16,290
Social Security + Medicare−$8,735
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$5,652
Monthly take-home$6,959
Every two weeks$3,212

Does it go far here?

$110,218Median 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 health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois