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Speech-Language Pathologists salary in Chicago, IL

The median speech-language pathologists in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $98,490 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,104 a month.

10th percentile
$62,470
25th percentile
$77,960
Median percentile
$98,490
75th percentile
$109,640
90th percentile
$124,400

Based on 7,150 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

$73,242 take-home a year
Gross pay$98,490
Federal income tax−$12,838
Social Security + Medicare−$7,534
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$4,875
Monthly take-home$6,104
Every two weeks$2,817

Does it go far here?

$95,072Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
23%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 speech-language pathologists salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois