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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary in Chicago, IL

The median industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $74,890 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,817 a month.

10th percentile
$48,450
25th percentile
$57,400
Median percentile
$74,890
75th percentile
$83,790
90th percentile
$99,800

Based on 1,430 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

$57,808 take-home a year
Gross pay$74,890
Federal income tax−$7,646
Social Security + Medicare−$5,729
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,707
Monthly take-home$4,817
Every two weeks$2,223

Does it go far here?

$72,291Median 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 industrial engineering technologists and technicians salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois