Postsecondary Teachers, All Other Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Chicago, Illinois earns $66,570 a year.

$66,570 / year, mean
↓ 29.0% below national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Chicago sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's well below the national average for postsecondary teachers, all other — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. 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)
760
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.

Trenton $167,460 Sacramento $145,740 Salem $121,310 Modesto $117,920 Riverside $115,920 Los Angeles $115,130 San Jose $113,880 Corvallis $110,860 San Diego $110,220 San Francisco $109,330 Baltimore $107,570 Fresno $103,020 McAllen $102,470 College Station $98,280 Napa $96,950 Ann Arbor $96,510 Lubbock $94,070 New York $93,560 Bend $93,550 Miami $92,240 Rochester $92,050 Bloomington $91,840 Lansing $91,180 Louisville $90,730 Pittsburgh $89,190 Seattle $89,020 Lafayette $88,710 Medford $87,890 Bowling Green $87,670 Spokane $86,920 Austin $86,230 Portland $86,210 Houston $85,420 Richmond $84,050 Erie $83,750 Scranton $83,410 Bakersfield $82,720 Harrisburg $82,050 Albany $81,680 Deltona $81,630 Eugene $81,540 Dallas $80,750 Santa Maria $80,550 Reading $79,130 Detroit $79,040 Evansville $78,250 Lancaster $77,260 Tampa $76,950 South Bend $76,540 Grand Rapids $76,440 Fort Wayne $74,500 Amarillo $73,890 El Paso $73,660 Buffalo $73,640 Charleston $73,440 Jacksonville $72,870 Orlando $72,130 Fort Myers $72,040 Indianapolis $72,000 Allentown $71,220 Kiryas Joel $69,730 Virginia Beach $69,530 Weirton $68,860 Visalia $68,570 Laredo $67,860 Lexington $67,660 San Antonio $67,580 Chicago $66,570 Sarasota $65,140 Syracuse $64,570 Huntington $64,550 Flint $63,010 Longview $60,450 Abilene $59,700 Paducah $56,230 Owensboro $48,980
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Abilene, Texas$59,700-10.3%
Albany, New York$81,680+22.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$71,220+7.0%
Amarillo, Texas$73,890+11.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$96,510+45.0%
Austin, Texas$86,230+29.5%
Bakersfield, California$82,720+24.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$107,570+61.6%
Bend, Oregon$93,550+40.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$91,840+38.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$87,670+31.7%
Buffalo, New York$73,640+10.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$72,040+8.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$73,440+10.3%
College Station, Texas$98,280+47.6%
Corvallis, Oregon$110,860+66.5%
Dallas, Texas$80,750+21.3%
Deltona, Florida$81,630+22.6%
Detroit, Michigan$79,040+18.7%
El Paso, Texas$73,660+10.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$83,750+25.8%
Eugene, Oregon$81,540+22.5%
Evansville, Indiana$78,250+17.5%
Flint, Michigan$63,010-5.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$74,500+11.9%
Fresno, California$103,020+54.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$76,440+14.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$82,050+23.3%
Houston, Texas$85,420+28.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$64,550-3.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$72,000+8.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$72,870+9.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$69,730+4.7%
Lafayette, Indiana$88,710+33.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$77,260+16.1%
Lansing, Michigan$91,180+37.0%
Laredo, Texas$67,860+1.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$67,660+1.6%
Longview, Texas$60,450-9.2%
Los Angeles, California$115,130+72.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$90,730+36.3%
Lubbock, Texas$94,070+41.3%
McAllen, Texas$102,470+53.9%
Medford, Oregon$87,890+32.0%
Miami, Florida$92,240+38.6%
Modesto, California$117,920+77.1%
Napa, California$96,950+45.6%
New York, New York$93,560+40.5%
Sarasota, Florida$65,140-2.1%
Orlando, Florida$72,130+8.4%
Owensboro, Kentucky$48,980-26.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$56,230-15.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$89,190+34.0%
Portland, Oregon$86,210+29.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$79,130+18.9%
Richmond, Virginia$84,050+26.3%
Riverside, California$115,920+74.1%
Rochester, New York$92,050+38.3%
Sacramento, California$145,740+118.9%
Salem, Oregon$121,310+82.2%
San Antonio, Texas$67,580+1.5%
San Diego, California$110,220+65.6%
San Francisco, California$109,330+64.2%
San Jose, California$113,880+71.1%
Santa Maria, California$80,550+21.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$83,410+25.3%
Seattle, Washington$89,020+33.7%
South Bend, Indiana$76,540+15.0%
Spokane, Washington$86,920+30.6%
Syracuse, New York$64,570-3.0%
Tampa, Florida$76,950+15.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$167,460+151.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$69,530+4.4%
Visalia, California$68,570+3.0%
Weirton, West Virginia$68,860+3.4%

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
66,570/yr
Estimated take-home
52,508/yr
Est. total withheld
21.1%

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 25-1199 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

AK HI

Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
9,359,555