Cashiers Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Cashiers in Chicago, Illinois earns $35,760 a year.

$35,760 / year, mean
↑ 6.2% above 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 close to the national average for cashiers — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
99,240
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.5%
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 $45,090 Seattle $44,720 San Francisco $43,260 Santa Rosa $41,880 Bremerton $41,250 Napa $41,240 Vallejo $40,940 Mount Vernon $40,770 Santa Cruz $40,710 Olympia $40,250 Salinas $40,040 San Diego $39,820 Bellingham $39,780 Santa Maria $39,780 San Luis Obispo $39,740 Sacramento $39,730 Los Angeles $39,550 Oxnard $39,520 Modesto $39,300 Chico $39,000 Stockton $38,910 Portland $38,680 Riverside $38,650 Bend $38,600 Longview $38,400 Wenatchee $38,350 Kennewick $38,320 Spokane $38,230 New York $38,180 Bakersfield $38,160 Yuba City $38,020 Redding $37,810 Fresno $37,790 Yakima $37,690 Hanford $37,530 Merced $37,450 Walla Walla $37,300 El Centro $37,060 Visalia $36,990 Corvallis $36,680 Ithaca $36,140 Chicago $35,760 Kiryas Joel $35,660 Trenton $35,640 Salem $35,630 Medford $35,600 Grants Pass $35,570 Albany $35,510 Albany $35,410 Kingston $35,320 Atlantic City $35,090 Eugene $34,960 Buffalo $34,950 Naples $34,860 Vineland $34,800 Syracuse $34,700 Rochester $34,680 Baltimore $34,670 Glens Falls $34,350 Utica $34,080 Binghamton $33,980 Elmira $33,900 Austin $33,780 Champaign $33,750 Lexington Park $33,730 Watertown $33,720 Rockford $33,600 Springfield $33,480 Ann Arbor $33,380 Decatur $33,320 Salisbury $33,230 Bloomington $33,160 Orlando $33,000 Philadelphia $32,970 Dover $32,920 Sarasota $32,890 Crestview $32,830 Peoria $32,780 Charlottesville $32,660 Kankakee $32,650 Miami $32,520 Fort Myers $32,270 Jacksonville $32,250 Punta Gorda $32,140 Traverse City $32,060 Detroit $32,050 Midland $32,050 Richmond $31,910 Port St. Lucie $31,830 Palm Bay $31,710 Eagle Pass $31,600 Lansing $31,590 Tampa $31,580 Kalamazoo $31,410 Sebastian $31,410 Indianapolis $31,340 Grand Rapids $31,330 Wildwood $31,270 Midland $31,260 Battle Creek $31,210 Deltona $31,130 Gainesville $31,110 Winchester $31,070 San Antonio $31,060 Pensacola $31,020 Louisville $30,920 Niles $30,910 Harrisonburg $30,840 Hagerstown $30,820 Allentown $30,760 Monroe $30,750 Staunton $30,620 Virginia Beach $30,620 Lakeland $30,610 Tallahassee $30,610 Panama City $30,540 Flint $30,530 Homosassa Springs $30,360 Dallas $30,290 Bay City $30,280 Odessa $30,280 Jackson $30,270 Ocala $30,210 Houston $30,100 Saginaw $30,070 Muskegon $30,040 Fort Wayne $30,020 Elkhart $29,990 Blacksburg $29,900 Lafayette $29,890 Reading $29,880 South Bend $29,880 Bloomington $29,860 Pittsburgh $29,840 Harrisburg $29,810 Columbus $29,770 Roanoke $29,730 Sebring $29,730 Lexington $29,710 York $29,710 Kokomo $29,640 Lebanon $29,580 Lancaster $29,500 Lynchburg $29,430 College Station $29,410 Killeen $29,340 Evansville $29,310 Waco $29,210 Chambersburg $29,170 Muncie $29,130 Corpus Christi $29,060 Beaumont $28,940 Paducah $28,760 Michigan City $28,750 State College $28,610 Scranton $28,500 Victoria $28,490 Gettysburg $28,200 Elizabethtown $28,190 Sherman $28,160 Bowling Green $28,020 Erie $27,980 Amarillo $27,880 Terre Haute $27,850 Abilene $27,830 Longview $27,830 San Angelo $27,720 Owensboro $27,700 Tyler $27,630 Laredo $27,620 McAllen $27,530 Altoona $27,470 Lubbock $27,450 Wichita Falls $27,350 Wheeling $27,220 Williamsport $27,190 El Paso $27,020 Weirton $27,020 Texarkana $26,920 Johnstown $26,700 Brownsville $26,680 Morgantown $26,640 Huntington $26,620 Charleston $26,340 Parkersburg $26,340 Beckley $25,880
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Abilene, Texas$27,830-22.2%
Albany, Oregon$35,410-1.0%
Albany, New York$35,510-0.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$30,760-14.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$27,470-23.2%
Amarillo, Texas$27,880-22.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$33,380-6.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$35,090-1.9%
Austin, Texas$33,780-5.5%
Bakersfield, California$38,160+6.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$34,670-3.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$31,210-12.7%
Bay City, Michigan$30,280-15.3%
Beaumont, Texas$28,940-19.1%
Beckley, West Virginia$25,880-27.6%
Bellingham, Washington$39,780+11.2%
Bend, Oregon$38,600+7.9%
Binghamton, New York$33,980-5.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$29,900-16.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$33,160-7.3%
Bloomington, Indiana$29,860-16.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$28,020-21.6%
Bremerton, Washington$41,250+15.4%
Brownsville, Texas$26,680-25.4%
Buffalo, New York$34,950-2.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$32,270-9.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$29,170-18.4%
Champaign, Illinois$33,750-5.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$26,340-26.3%
Charlottesville, Virginia$32,660-8.7%
Chico, California$39,000+9.1%
College Station, Texas$29,410-17.8%
Columbus, Indiana$29,770-16.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$29,060-18.7%
Corvallis, Oregon$36,680+2.6%
Crestview, Florida$32,830-8.2%
Dallas, Texas$30,290-15.3%
Decatur, Illinois$33,320-6.8%
Deltona, Florida$31,130-12.9%
Detroit, Michigan$32,050-10.4%
Dover, Delaware$32,920-7.9%
Eagle Pass, Texas$31,600-11.6%
El Centro, California$37,060+3.6%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$28,190-21.2%
Elkhart, Indiana$29,990-16.1%
Elmira, New York$33,900-5.2%
El Paso, Texas$27,020-24.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$27,980-21.8%
Eugene, Oregon$34,960-2.2%
Evansville, Indiana$29,310-18.0%
Flint, Michigan$30,530-14.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$30,020-16.1%
Fresno, California$37,790+5.7%
Gainesville, Florida$31,110-13.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$28,200-21.1%
Glens Falls, New York$34,350-3.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$31,330-12.4%
Grants Pass, Oregon$35,570-0.5%
Hagerstown, Maryland$30,820-13.8%
Hanford, California$37,530+4.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$29,810-16.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$30,840-13.8%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$30,360-15.1%
Houston, Texas$30,100-15.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$26,620-25.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$31,340-12.4%
Ithaca, New York$36,140+1.1%
Jackson, Michigan$30,270-15.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$32,250-9.8%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$26,700-25.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$31,410-12.2%
Kankakee, Illinois$32,650-8.7%
Kennewick, Washington$38,320+7.2%
Killeen, Texas$29,340-18.0%
Kingston, New York$35,320-1.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$35,660-0.3%
Kokomo, Indiana$29,640-17.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$29,890-16.4%
Lakeland, Florida$30,610-14.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$29,500-17.5%
Lansing, Michigan$31,590-11.7%
Laredo, Texas$27,620-22.8%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$29,580-17.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$29,710-16.9%
Lexington Park, Maryland$33,730-5.7%
Longview, Texas$27,830-22.2%
Longview, Washington$38,400+7.4%
Los Angeles, California$39,550+10.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$30,920-13.5%
Lubbock, Texas$27,450-23.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$29,430-17.7%
McAllen, Texas$27,530-23.0%
Medford, Oregon$35,600-0.4%
Merced, California$37,450+4.7%
Miami, Florida$32,520-9.1%
Michigan City, Indiana$28,750-19.6%
Midland, Michigan$31,260-12.6%
Midland, Texas$32,050-10.4%
Modesto, California$39,300+9.9%
Monroe, Michigan$30,750-14.0%
Morgantown, West Virginia$26,640-25.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$40,770+14.0%
Muncie, Indiana$29,130-18.5%
Muskegon, Michigan$30,040-16.0%
Napa, California$41,240+15.3%
Naples, Florida$34,860-2.5%
New York, New York$38,180+6.8%
Niles, Michigan$30,910-13.6%
Sarasota, Florida$32,890-8.0%
Ocala, Florida$30,210-15.5%
Odessa, Texas$30,280-15.3%
Olympia, Washington$40,250+12.6%
Orlando, Florida$33,000-7.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$27,700-22.5%
Oxnard, California$39,520+10.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$28,760-19.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$31,710-11.3%
Panama City, Florida$30,540-14.6%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$26,340-26.3%
Pensacola, Florida$31,020-13.3%
Peoria, Illinois$32,780-8.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$32,970-7.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$29,840-16.6%
Portland, Oregon$38,680+8.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$31,830-11.0%
Punta Gorda, Florida$32,140-10.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$29,880-16.4%
Redding, California$37,810+5.7%
Richmond, Virginia$31,910-10.8%
Riverside, California$38,650+8.1%
Roanoke, Virginia$29,730-16.9%
Rochester, New York$34,680-3.0%
Rockford, Illinois$33,600-6.0%
Sacramento, California$39,730+11.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$30,070-15.9%
Salem, Oregon$35,630-0.4%
Salinas, California$40,040+12.0%
Salisbury, Maryland$33,230-7.1%
San Angelo, Texas$27,720-22.5%
San Antonio, Texas$31,060-13.1%
San Diego, California$39,820+11.4%
San Francisco, California$43,260+21.0%
San Jose, California$45,090+26.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$39,740+11.1%
Santa Cruz, California$40,710+13.8%
Santa Maria, California$39,780+11.2%
Santa Rosa, California$41,880+17.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$28,500-20.3%
Seattle, Washington$44,720+25.1%
Sebastian, Florida$31,410-12.2%
Sebring, Florida$29,730-16.9%
Sherman, Texas$28,160-21.3%
South Bend, Indiana$29,880-16.4%
Spokane, Washington$38,230+6.9%
Springfield, Illinois$33,480-6.4%
State College, Pennsylvania$28,610-20.0%
Staunton, Virginia$30,620-14.4%
Stockton, California$38,910+8.8%
Syracuse, New York$34,700-3.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$30,610-14.4%
Tampa, Florida$31,580-11.7%
Terre Haute, Indiana$27,850-22.1%
Texarkana, Texas$26,920-24.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$32,060-10.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$35,640-0.3%
Tyler, Texas$27,630-22.7%
Utica, New York$34,080-4.7%
Vallejo, California$40,940+14.5%
Victoria, Texas$28,490-20.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$34,800-2.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$30,620-14.4%
Visalia, California$36,990+3.4%
Waco, Texas$29,210-18.3%
Walla Walla, Washington$37,300+4.3%
Watertown, New York$33,720-5.7%
Weirton, West Virginia$27,020-24.4%
Wenatchee, Washington$38,350+7.2%
Wheeling, West Virginia$27,220-23.9%
Wichita Falls, Texas$27,350-23.5%
Wildwood, Florida$31,270-12.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$27,190-24.0%
Winchester, Virginia$31,070-13.1%
Yakima, Washington$37,690+5.4%
York, Pennsylvania$29,710-16.9%
Yuba City, California$38,020+6.3%

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
35,760/yr
Estimated take-home
29,284/yr
Est. total withheld
18.1%

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 41-2011 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