Legal Support Workers, All Other Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Legal Support Workers, All Other in Chicago, Illinois earns $71,250 a year.

$71,250 / year, mean
↓ 25.6% 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 legal support workers, 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 reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,120
Estimate confidence
RSE 6.6%
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.

Lexington Park $132,010 Charlottesville $129,510 San Jose $126,220 Austin $116,120 Virginia Beach $111,760 Ann Arbor $110,740 Allentown $109,820 Rochester $105,920 San Francisco $105,310 Olympia $101,560 Harrisburg $101,190 Pittsburgh $99,340 Richmond $97,720 Lancaster $97,380 Santa Maria $96,910 Deltona $96,880 Naples $96,860 Ithaca $96,760 New York $96,380 Seattle $95,210 Oxnard $95,160 Santa Rosa $95,060 Trenton $94,990 Philadelphia $94,360 Salinas $93,700 San Diego $91,910 Palm Bay $91,890 Sarasota $91,860 Orlando $90,840 San Luis Obispo $87,920 Sacramento $87,250 Los Angeles $86,600 Lansing $86,460 Detroit $85,360 Riverside $82,800 Portland $82,610 Dallas $82,360 Punta Gorda $82,260 Jacksonville $81,470 Fresno $81,270 Louisville $80,870 Bakersfield $80,390 Buffalo $78,340 Gainesville $77,730 Stockton $76,990 Grand Rapids $76,210 Modesto $74,910 Dover $74,650 Scranton $73,360 Tampa $73,200 Spokane $71,800 Chicago $71,250 Lexington $70,060 Albany $69,280 Indianapolis $69,150 Flint $68,110 Lakeland $67,630 San Antonio $67,240 El Paso $66,400 Champaign $66,300 Miami $66,290 Pensacola $65,900 Tallahassee $64,390 Port St. Lucie $64,340 Peoria $63,300 Fort Myers $61,200 Eugene $60,800 Ocala $58,500 Springfield $56,890 Charleston $55,960 Salem $54,140 Bloomington $44,320
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Albany, New York$69,280-2.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$109,820+54.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$110,740+55.4%
Austin, Texas$116,120+63.0%
Bakersfield, California$80,390+12.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$44,320-37.8%
Buffalo, New York$78,340+10.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$61,200-14.1%
Champaign, Illinois$66,300-6.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$55,960-21.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$129,510+81.8%
Dallas, Texas$82,360+15.6%
Deltona, Florida$96,880+36.0%
Detroit, Michigan$85,360+19.8%
Dover, Delaware$74,650+4.8%
El Paso, Texas$66,400-6.8%
Eugene, Oregon$60,800-14.7%
Flint, Michigan$68,110-4.4%
Fresno, California$81,270+14.1%
Gainesville, Florida$77,730+9.1%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$76,210+7.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$101,190+42.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$69,150-2.9%
Ithaca, New York$96,760+35.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$81,470+14.3%
Lakeland, Florida$67,630-5.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$97,380+36.7%
Lansing, Michigan$86,460+21.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$70,060-1.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$132,010+85.3%
Los Angeles, California$86,600+21.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$80,870+13.5%
Miami, Florida$66,290-7.0%
Modesto, California$74,910+5.1%
Naples, Florida$96,860+35.9%
New York, New York$96,380+35.3%
Sarasota, Florida$91,860+28.9%
Ocala, Florida$58,500-17.9%
Olympia, Washington$101,560+42.5%
Orlando, Florida$90,840+27.5%
Oxnard, California$95,160+33.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$91,890+29.0%
Pensacola, Florida$65,900-7.5%
Peoria, Illinois$63,300-11.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$94,360+32.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$99,340+39.4%
Portland, Oregon$82,610+15.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$64,340-9.7%
Punta Gorda, Florida$82,260+15.5%
Richmond, Virginia$97,720+37.2%
Riverside, California$82,800+16.2%
Rochester, New York$105,920+48.7%
Sacramento, California$87,250+22.5%
Salem, Oregon$54,140-24.0%
Salinas, California$93,700+31.5%
San Antonio, Texas$67,240-5.6%
San Diego, California$91,910+29.0%
San Francisco, California$105,310+47.8%
San Jose, California$126,220+77.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$87,920+23.4%
Santa Maria, California$96,910+36.0%
Santa Rosa, California$95,060+33.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$73,360+3.0%
Seattle, Washington$95,210+33.6%
Spokane, Washington$71,800+0.8%
Springfield, Illinois$56,890-20.2%
Stockton, California$76,990+8.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$64,390-9.6%
Tampa, Florida$73,200+2.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$94,990+33.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$111,760+56.9%

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
71,250/yr
Estimated take-home
55,569/yr
Est. total withheld
22.0%

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 23-2099 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