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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other salary in Chicago, IL

The median installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $56,900 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,757 a month.

10th percentile
$38,760
25th percentile
$46,980
Median percentile
$56,900
75th percentile
$71,920
90th percentile
$94,130

Based on 3,450 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

$45,083 take-home a year
Gross pay$56,900
Federal income tax−$4,648
Social Security + Medicare−$4,353
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,817
Monthly take-home$3,757
Every two weeks$1,734

Does it go far here?

$54,925Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
38%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 installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois