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Self-Enrichment Teachers salary in Chicago, IL

The median self-enrichment teachers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $45,020 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,010 a month.

10th percentile
$31,270
25th percentile
$35,730
Median percentile
$45,020
75th percentile
$60,810
90th percentile
$82,210

Based on 12,740 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

$36,125 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,020
Federal income tax−$3,222
Social Security + Medicare−$3,444
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,228
Monthly take-home$3,010
Every two weeks$1,389

Does it go far here?

$43,458Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
48%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 self-enrichment teachers salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois