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Protective Service Workers, All Other salary in Chicago, IL

The median protective service workers, all other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $38,020 a year, 11% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,571 a month.

10th percentile
$34,620
25th percentile
$35,100
Median percentile
$38,020
75th percentile
$57,480
90th percentile
$82,170

Based on 540 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

$30,847 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,020
Federal income tax−$2,382
Social Security + Medicare−$2,909
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$1,882
Monthly take-home$2,571
Every two weeks$1,186

Does it go far here?

$36,701Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
56%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 protective service workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois