Paycheck Atlas

Surgeons, All Other salary in Chicago, IL

The median surgeons, all other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $462,620 a year, 12% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $24,513 a month.

10th percentile
$73,320
25th percentile
$90,540
Median percentile
$462,620
75th percentile
$578,020
90th percentile
$663,980

Based on 340 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

$294,158 take-home a year
Gross pay$462,620
Federal income tax−$125,051
Social Security + Medicare−$20,511
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$22,900
Monthly take-home$24,513
Every two weeks$11,314

Does it go far here?

$446,566Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
6%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 surgeons, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois