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Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel salary in Chicago, IL

The median sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $70,710 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,590 a month.

10th percentile
$39,570
25th percentile
$49,540
Median percentile
$70,710
75th percentile
$100,790
90th percentile
$154,540

Based on 55,730 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

$55,074 take-home a year
Gross pay$70,710
Federal income tax−$6,726
Social Security + Medicare−$5,409
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,500
Monthly take-home$4,590
Every two weeks$2,118

Does it go far here?

$68,256Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
31%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 sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois