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Social and Human Service Assistants salary in Chicago, IL

The median social and human service assistants in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $47,180 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,146 a month.

10th percentile
$36,020
25th percentile
$40,330
Median percentile
$47,180
75th percentile
$56,520
90th percentile
$69,590

Based on 16,080 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

$37,754 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,180
Federal income tax−$3,482
Social Security + Medicare−$3,609
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,335
Monthly take-home$3,146
Every two weeks$1,452

Does it go far here?

$45,543Median 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 social and human service assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois