Insurance Underwriters Salary in Peoria, IL

Insurance Underwriters pay range in Peoria

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $52,480 a year or less, while the top 10% make $123,900 or more. The middle half of insurance underwriters in Peoria earn between $63,940 and $96,250.

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

Insurance Underwriters salary after taxes in Peoria

On the average salary of $83,300, a single filer in Peoria takes home about $63,449 a year, or $5,287 a month and $2,440 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

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

Is Peoria a good place for insurance underwriters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Peoria area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.2), so the average $83,300 buys what about $91,307 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Peoria ($49,590). A typical home costs $172,742, or 2.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Insurance Underwriters salary in other Illinois cities

Peoria ranks 3rd of 3 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($106,450).

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Highest-paying cities for insurance underwriters

Bridgeport, CT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($127,970).

Insurance Underwriters salary by city

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