Clergy Salary in Rockford, IL

Clergy pay range in Rockford

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,880 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,160 or more. The middle half of clergy in Rockford earn between $47,440 and $74,560.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Clergy salary after taxes in Rockford

On the average salary of $60,480, a single filer in Rockford takes home about $47,923 a year, or $3,994 a month and $1,843 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Rockford a good place for clergy? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Rockford area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.2), so the average $60,480 buys what about $65,629 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Rockford ($47,120). A typical home costs $221,368, or 3.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Clergy salary in other Illinois cities

Rockford ranks 2nd of 6 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($63,640).

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Highest-paying cities for clergy

Los Angeles, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($104,000).

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