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Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics salary in Chicago, IL

The median outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $47,880 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,190 a month.

10th percentile
$34,690
25th percentile
$43,400
Median percentile
$47,880
75th percentile
$60,420
90th percentile
$70,360

Based on 550 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

$38,282 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,880
Federal income tax−$3,566
Social Security + Medicare−$3,663
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,370
Monthly take-home$3,190
Every two weeks$1,472

Does it go far here?

$46,218Median 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 outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois