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Nurse Practitioners salary in Chicago, IL

The median nurse practitioners in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $131,740 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,899 a month.

10th percentile
$106,260
25th percentile
$118,710
Median percentile
$131,740
75th percentile
$149,150
90th percentile
$164,750

Based on 6,530 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

$94,789 take-home a year
Gross pay$131,740
Federal income tax−$20,352
Social Security + Medicare−$10,078
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$6,521
Monthly take-home$7,899
Every two weeks$3,646

Does it go far here?

$127,168Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
18%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 nurse practitioners salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois