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Web and Digital Interface Designers salary in Chicago, IL

The median web and digital interface designers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $87,920 a year, 15% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,527 a month.

10th percentile
$59,450
25th percentile
$73,220
Median percentile
$87,920
75th percentile
$132,290
90th percentile
$162,050

Based on 1,470 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

$66,330 take-home a year
Gross pay$87,920
Federal income tax−$10,512
Social Security + Medicare−$6,726
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$4,352
Monthly take-home$5,527
Every two weeks$2,551

Does it go far here?

$84,869Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
26%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 web and digital interface designers salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois