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Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks salary in Chicago, IL

The median reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $47,850 a year, 8% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,188 a month.

10th percentile
$37,850
25th percentile
$38,260
Median percentile
$47,850
75th percentile
$59,290
90th percentile
$77,200

Based on 6,660 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

$38,259 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,850
Federal income tax−$3,562
Social Security + Medicare−$3,661
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,369
Monthly take-home$3,188
Every two weeks$1,471

Does it go far here?

$46,189Median 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 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois