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Insurance Sales Agents salary in Chicago, IL

The median insurance sales agents in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $69,240 a year, 11% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,509 a month.

10th percentile
$37,150
25th percentile
$47,900
Median percentile
$69,240
75th percentile
$100,490
90th percentile
$163,800

Based on 11,870 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

$54,113 take-home a year
Gross pay$69,240
Federal income tax−$6,403
Social Security + Medicare−$5,297
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,427
Monthly take-home$4,509
Every two weeks$2,081

Does it go far here?

$66,837Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
32%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 insurance sales agents salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois