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Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators salary in Chicago, IL

The median industrial truck and tractor operators in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $47,950 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,195 a month.

10th percentile
$38,200
25th percentile
$43,100
Median percentile
$47,950
75th percentile
$57,660
90th percentile
$63,520

Based on 22,320 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

$38,334 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,950
Federal income tax−$3,574
Social Security + Medicare−$3,668
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,374
Monthly take-home$3,195
Every two weeks$1,474

Does it go far here?

$46,286Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
45%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 truck and tractor operators salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois