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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other salary in Chicago, IL

The median healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $72,750 a year, 11% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,701 a month.

10th percentile
$44,470
25th percentile
$68,310
Median percentile
$72,750
75th percentile
$117,790
90th percentile
$168,980

Based on 830 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

$56,409 take-home a year
Gross pay$72,750
Federal income tax−$7,175
Social Security + Medicare−$5,565
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,601
Monthly take-home$4,701
Every two weeks$2,170

Does it go far here?

$70,225Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
30%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 healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois