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Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners salary in Chicago, IL

The median musical instrument repairers and tuners in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $58,170 a year, 25% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,837 a month.

10th percentile
$34,690
25th percentile
$37,770
Median percentile
$58,170
75th percentile
$78,870
90th percentile
$90,590

Based on 150 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

$46,040 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,170
Federal income tax−$4,800
Social Security + Medicare−$4,450
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,879
Monthly take-home$3,837
Every two weeks$1,771

Does it go far here?

$56,151Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
37%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 musical instrument repairers and tuners salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois