Business Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Chicago, Illinois earns $104,420 a year.

$104,420 / year, mean
↓ 11.3% below national average 33th percentile in Illinois

Chicago pays below most of Illinois for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for business teachers, postsecondary, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,450
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.2%
Cost of living 104 #31 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $353,998 #78 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $88,850 #28 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Chicago ranks #31 for cost of living and #78 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $166,370 College Station $159,130 Lansing $159,100 Riverside $151,650 Austin $142,260 San Francisco $140,680 Binghamton $140,420 Los Angeles $138,850 McAllen $135,610 Fresno $134,920 Lubbock $132,500 Seattle $130,040 San Diego $129,930 Virginia Beach $127,490 Baltimore $127,340 Bloomington $126,420 Rochester $125,840 Sacramento $124,650 New York $123,550 Philadelphia $122,500 Bowling Green $121,290 Buffalo $121,170 Detroit $120,960 Harrisonburg $117,760 Pittsburgh $116,680 Bloomington $115,770 Richmond $115,140 Eugene $114,700 Amarillo $114,480 Houston $114,220 Huntington $113,520 Terre Haute $112,310 Erie $111,690 Portland $110,930 Lexington $110,110 Dallas $109,340 Harrisburg $108,440 Syracuse $107,730 El Paso $107,690 Laredo $107,370 Indianapolis $106,860 Ithaca $106,780 Santa Maria $105,660 Peoria $105,380 Bellingham $105,170 Scranton $104,730 Charleston $104,690 Chicago $104,420 Evansville $103,470 Tyler $102,810 Abilene $102,510 Trenton $102,260 Miami $101,680 Grand Rapids $101,270 Allentown $100,050 Spokane $97,860 Flint $97,520 Killeen $97,440 South Bend $97,090 San Antonio $96,770 Olympia $95,140 Deltona $95,110 Albany $94,270 Dover $93,360 Fort Wayne $93,010 Tampa $89,500 Louisville $89,430 Fort Myers $89,290 Reading $88,730 Lakeland $87,680 Salem $87,670 Jacksonville $85,210 Kiryas Joel $83,360 Texarkana $81,300 Roanoke $78,280 Orlando $77,130 Lynchburg $72,590 Johnstown $66,600 Tallahassee $64,980
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Abilene, Texas$102,510-1.8%
Albany, New York$94,270-9.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$100,050-4.2%
Amarillo, Texas$114,480+9.6%
Austin, Texas$142,260+36.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$127,340+21.9%
Bellingham, Washington$105,170+0.7%
Binghamton, New York$140,420+34.5%
Bloomington, Illinois$115,770+10.9%
Bloomington, Indiana$126,420+21.1%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$121,290+16.2%
Buffalo, New York$121,170+16.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$89,290-14.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$104,690+0.3%
College Station, Texas$159,130+52.4%
Dallas, Texas$109,340+4.7%
Deltona, Florida$95,110-8.9%
Detroit, Michigan$120,960+15.8%
Dover, Delaware$93,360-10.6%
El Paso, Texas$107,690+3.1%
Erie, Pennsylvania$111,690+7.0%
Eugene, Oregon$114,700+9.8%
Evansville, Indiana$103,470-0.9%
Flint, Michigan$97,520-6.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$93,010-10.9%
Fresno, California$134,920+29.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$101,270-3.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$108,440+3.8%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$117,760+12.8%
Houston, Texas$114,220+9.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$113,520+8.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$106,860+2.3%
Ithaca, New York$106,780+2.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$85,210-18.4%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$66,600-36.2%
Killeen, Texas$97,440-6.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$83,360-20.2%
Lakeland, Florida$87,680-16.0%
Lansing, Michigan$159,100+52.4%
Laredo, Texas$107,370+2.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$110,110+5.4%
Los Angeles, California$138,850+33.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$89,430-14.4%
Lubbock, Texas$132,500+26.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$72,590-30.5%
McAllen, Texas$135,610+29.9%
Miami, Florida$101,680-2.6%
New York, New York$123,550+18.3%
Olympia, Washington$95,140-8.9%
Orlando, Florida$77,130-26.1%
Peoria, Illinois$105,380+0.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$122,500+17.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$116,680+11.7%
Portland, Oregon$110,930+6.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$88,730-15.0%
Richmond, Virginia$115,140+10.3%
Riverside, California$151,650+45.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$78,280-25.0%
Rochester, New York$125,840+20.5%
Sacramento, California$124,650+19.4%
Salem, Oregon$87,670-16.0%
San Antonio, Texas$96,770-7.3%
San Diego, California$129,930+24.4%
San Francisco, California$140,680+34.7%
San Jose, California$166,370+59.3%
Santa Maria, California$105,660+1.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$104,730+0.3%
Seattle, Washington$130,040+24.5%
South Bend, Indiana$97,090-7.0%
Spokane, Washington$97,860-6.3%
Syracuse, New York$107,730+3.2%
Tallahassee, Florida$64,980-37.8%
Tampa, Florida$89,500-14.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$112,310+7.6%
Texarkana, Texas$81,300-22.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$102,260-2.1%
Tyler, Texas$102,810-1.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$127,490+22.1%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
104,420/yr
Estimated take-home
77,262/yr
Est. total withheld
26.0%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-1011 SOC code
Official area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
NapervilleElgin
Multi-state area: IL;IN
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
9,359,555