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Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping salary in Chicago, IL

The median weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN earns $52,480 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,479 a month.

10th percentile
$34,810
25th percentile
$43,020
Median percentile
$52,480
75th percentile
$60,030
90th percentile
$61,530

Based on 1,070 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

$41,750 take-home a year
Gross pay$52,480
Federal income tax−$4,118
Social Security + Medicare−$4,015
Illinois income tax (approx.)−$2,598
Monthly take-home$3,479
Every two weeks$1,606

Does it go far here?

$50,659Median pay in Chicago, IL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.6 vs 100).
41%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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping salaries · Take-home pay in Illinois