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Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers salary in Chicago, IL

The median telecommunications line installers and repairers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $79,590 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,073 a month.

10th percentile
$33,820
25th percentile
$54,670
Median percentile
$79,590
75th percentile
$98,700
90th percentile
$102,750

Based on 1,620 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

$60,882 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,590
Federal income tax−$8,680
Social Security + Medicare−$6,089
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$3,940
Monthly take-home$5,073
Every two weeks$2,342

Does it go far here?

$76,828Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
28%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

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