Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Chicago, Illinois earns $44,430 a year.

$44,430 / year, mean
↓ 7.5% below national average 75th percentile in Illinois

Chicago pays well above most of Illinois for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for interviewers, except eligibility and loan — 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)
1,990
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.1%
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 $70,810 San Francisco $67,720 Vallejo $66,310 Santa Cruz $65,340 Santa Rosa $61,890 Modesto $61,550 Napa $61,300 Stockton $59,760 Seattle $59,060 Merced $58,790 Oxnard $57,650 Redding $57,570 Santa Maria $57,430 Los Angeles $56,770 Sacramento $56,610 New York $56,210 San Diego $56,180 Salinas $56,140 San Luis Obispo $55,890 Portland $55,000 Riverside $54,490 Bremerton $54,410 Bakersfield $53,760 Salem $52,930 Ann Arbor $52,780 Bend $52,150 Fresno $51,940 Visalia $51,570 Brownsville $51,120 Spokane $51,070 Mount Vernon $50,970 Richmond $49,870 Buffalo $49,040 Ithaca $49,020 Kiryas Joel $49,010 Medford $48,940 Baltimore $48,430 Chico $48,320 Yuba City $48,310 Kalamazoo $47,640 Charlottesville $47,630 Jacksonville $47,600 Trenton $47,490 Glens Falls $47,270 South Bend $47,150 Philadelphia $46,970 Detroit $46,840 Salisbury $46,830 El Centro $46,660 Yakima $46,560 Indianapolis $46,520 Dallas $46,430 Sarasota $46,380 Louisville $45,970 Miami $45,910 Orlando $45,840 Austin $45,740 Rockford $45,620 Utica $45,350 Harrisburg $45,270 Longview $45,190 Syracuse $45,180 Rochester $45,040 Lafayette $44,920 Winchester $44,860 Crestview $44,780 Naples $44,690 Port St. Lucie $44,680 Pittsburgh $44,650 Albany $44,530 Chicago $44,430 Columbus $44,330 San Antonio $44,310 Allentown $44,300 San Angelo $44,160 Fort Myers $43,800 Lancaster $43,690 Lexington $43,690 Beaumont $43,680 Lynchburg $43,660 Grand Rapids $43,500 Houston $43,460 Lansing $43,460 Deltona $43,430 Flint $43,420 Fort Wayne $43,420 Binghamton $43,220 York $43,160 Terre Haute $42,850 Kokomo $42,720 Peoria $42,390 Pensacola $42,270 Waco $42,270 Punta Gorda $42,170 Roanoke $42,100 Virginia Beach $42,090 Hagerstown $41,950 Killeen $41,930 Sebastian $41,920 Bloomington $41,770 Tyler $41,750 Ocala $41,520 College Station $41,390 Muncie $41,250 Gainesville $41,150 Amarillo $41,100 Bowling Green $40,990 Lubbock $40,910 Elkhart $40,700 Texarkana $40,530 Erie $40,510 Springfield $40,500 Altoona $40,140 Watertown $39,980 Scranton $39,900 Tallahassee $39,820 Lakeland $39,810 Sherman $39,410 Evansville $39,090 McAllen $38,590 Tampa $38,490 Atlantic City $38,210 Wheeling $38,050 Huntington $37,750 El Paso $37,570 Panama City $37,540 Charleston $37,280 Parkersburg $36,760 Morgantown $36,560 Corpus Christi $36,020 Beckley $34,420
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Albany, New York$44,530+0.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$44,300-0.3%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$40,140-9.7%
Amarillo, Texas$41,100-7.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$52,780+18.8%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$38,210-14.0%
Austin, Texas$45,740+2.9%
Bakersfield, California$53,760+21.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$48,430+9.0%
Beaumont, Texas$43,680-1.7%
Beckley, West Virginia$34,420-22.5%
Bend, Oregon$52,150+17.4%
Binghamton, New York$43,220-2.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$41,770-6.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$40,990-7.7%
Bremerton, Washington$54,410+22.5%
Brownsville, Texas$51,120+15.1%
Buffalo, New York$49,040+10.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$43,800-1.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$37,280-16.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$47,630+7.2%
Chico, California$48,320+8.8%
College Station, Texas$41,390-6.8%
Columbus, Indiana$44,330-0.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$36,020-18.9%
Crestview, Florida$44,780+0.8%
Dallas, Texas$46,430+4.5%
Deltona, Florida$43,430-2.3%
Detroit, Michigan$46,840+5.4%
El Centro, California$46,660+5.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$40,700-8.4%
El Paso, Texas$37,570-15.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$40,510-8.8%
Evansville, Indiana$39,090-12.0%
Flint, Michigan$43,420-2.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$43,420-2.3%
Fresno, California$51,940+16.9%
Gainesville, Florida$41,150-7.4%
Glens Falls, New York$47,270+6.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,500-2.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$41,950-5.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$45,270+1.9%
Houston, Texas$43,460-2.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$37,750-15.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$46,520+4.7%
Ithaca, New York$49,020+10.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$47,600+7.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$47,640+7.2%
Killeen, Texas$41,930-5.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$49,010+10.3%
Kokomo, Indiana$42,720-3.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$44,920+1.1%
Lakeland, Florida$39,810-10.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$43,690-1.7%
Lansing, Michigan$43,460-2.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$43,690-1.7%
Longview, Texas$45,190+1.7%
Los Angeles, California$56,770+27.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$45,970+3.5%
Lubbock, Texas$40,910-7.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$43,660-1.7%
McAllen, Texas$38,590-13.1%
Medford, Oregon$48,940+10.2%
Merced, California$58,790+32.3%
Miami, Florida$45,910+3.3%
Modesto, California$61,550+38.5%
Morgantown, West Virginia$36,560-17.7%
Mount Vernon, Washington$50,970+14.7%
Muncie, Indiana$41,250-7.2%
Napa, California$61,300+38.0%
Naples, Florida$44,690+0.6%
New York, New York$56,210+26.5%
Sarasota, Florida$46,380+4.4%
Ocala, Florida$41,520-6.5%
Orlando, Florida$45,840+3.2%
Oxnard, California$57,650+29.8%
Panama City, Florida$37,540-15.5%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$36,760-17.3%
Pensacola, Florida$42,270-4.9%
Peoria, Illinois$42,390-4.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$46,970+5.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$44,650+0.5%
Portland, Oregon$55,000+23.8%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$44,680+0.6%
Punta Gorda, Florida$42,170-5.1%
Redding, California$57,570+29.6%
Richmond, Virginia$49,870+12.2%
Riverside, California$54,490+22.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$42,100-5.2%
Rochester, New York$45,040+1.4%
Rockford, Illinois$45,620+2.7%
Sacramento, California$56,610+27.4%
Salem, Oregon$52,930+19.1%
Salinas, California$56,140+26.4%
Salisbury, Maryland$46,830+5.4%
San Angelo, Texas$44,160-0.6%
San Antonio, Texas$44,310-0.3%
San Diego, California$56,180+26.4%
San Francisco, California$67,720+52.4%
San Jose, California$70,810+59.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$55,890+25.8%
Santa Cruz, California$65,340+47.1%
Santa Maria, California$57,430+29.3%
Santa Rosa, California$61,890+39.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$39,900-10.2%
Seattle, Washington$59,060+32.9%
Sebastian, Florida$41,920-5.6%
Sherman, Texas$39,410-11.3%
South Bend, Indiana$47,150+6.1%
Spokane, Washington$51,070+14.9%
Springfield, Illinois$40,500-8.8%
Stockton, California$59,760+34.5%
Syracuse, New York$45,180+1.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$39,820-10.4%
Tampa, Florida$38,490-13.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$42,850-3.6%
Texarkana, Texas$40,530-8.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$47,490+6.9%
Tyler, Texas$41,750-6.0%
Utica, New York$45,350+2.1%
Vallejo, California$66,310+49.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$42,090-5.3%
Visalia, California$51,570+16.1%
Waco, Texas$42,270-4.9%
Watertown, New York$39,980-10.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$38,050-14.4%
Winchester, Virginia$44,860+1.0%
Yakima, Washington$46,560+4.8%
York, Pennsylvania$43,160-2.9%
Yuba City, California$48,310+8.7%

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
44,430/yr
Estimated take-home
35,821/yr
Est. total withheld
19.4%

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 43-4111 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