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Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Chicago, IL

836 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Chicago, IL for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents$93,590790View salary detail
Credit Analysts$92,9002,560View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists$91,220150View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$91,0704,130View salary detail
Chemists$90,9202,630View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$90,920380View salary detail
School Psychologists$90,6202,770View salary detail
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary$90,030100View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons$89,9802,140View salary detail
Technical Writers$89,960790View salary detail
Historians$89,670—View salary detail
Budget Analysts$88,460430View salary detail
History Teachers, Postsecondary$88,360470View salary detail
Web and Digital Interface Designers$87,9201,470View salary detail
Video Game Designers$87,9201,470View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$87,060570View salary detail
Respiratory Therapists$87,0603,620View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts$86,5003,680View salary detail
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary$86,040310View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists$85,780170View salary detail
Biologists$85,680780View salary detail
Geneticists$85,680780View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists$85,680780View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists$85,680780View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other$85,680780View salary detail
Foresters$85,610130View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$85,5101,590View salary detail
Motion Picture Projectionists$85,460—View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,42011,630View salary detail
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other$85,40050View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$85,3905,030View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists$85,310990View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$85,310990View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts$85,310990View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners$85,310990View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$85,120990View salary detail
Producers and Directors$85,0402,590View salary detail
Media Programming Directors$85,0402,590View salary detail
Talent Directors$85,0402,590View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers$85,0402,590View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers$84,5504,940View salary detail
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary$83,830330View salary detail
Cost Estimators$83,6404,610View salary detail
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$83,2403,810View salary detail
Special Effects Artists and Animators$83,200550View salary detail
Firefighters$82,82014,560View salary detail
Energy Auditors$82,6401,840View salary detail
Construction and Building Inspectors$82,6401,840View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors$82,36041,360View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$82,3507,360View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.