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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers salary in Chicago, IL

The median title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $56,710 a year, 3% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,745 a month.

10th percentile
$45,020
25th percentile
$48,310
Median percentile
$56,710
75th percentile
$72,370
90th percentile
$75,730

Based on 810 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

$44,939 take-home a year
Gross pay$56,710
Federal income tax−$4,625
Social Security + Medicare−$4,338
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,807
Monthly take-home$3,745
Every two weeks$1,728

Does it go far here?

$54,742Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
38%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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois