Sales Managers Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Sales Managers in Chicago, Illinois earns $170,050 a year.

$170,050 / year, mean
↑ 2.8% above national average 88th 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 sales managers — 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)
25,390
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.3%
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.

New York $233,770 San Jose $213,250 Seattle $198,940 San Francisco $194,670 Kingston $190,440 Trenton $189,470 Charlottesville $186,600 Kiryas Joel $186,300 Albany $184,260 Rochester $182,990 Richmond $182,190 Syracuse $180,200 Binghamton $178,540 Bremerton $177,490 Buffalo $176,420 Bloomington $176,310 Olympia $175,450 Portland $175,340 Dover $174,310 Longview $171,750 Bay City $171,680 Glens Falls $171,650 Philadelphia $171,530 Utica $170,760 Chicago $170,050 Ithaca $169,240 Vineland $167,840 Winchester $167,350 Bend $166,900 Virginia Beach $166,540 Harrisonburg $166,230 Spokane $166,000 Blacksburg $165,170 Salem $164,470 Yakima $164,340 Austin $163,490 Dallas $161,330 Detroit $160,820 Watertown $160,590 Mount Vernon $160,540 Kennewick $159,660 Atlantic City $158,270 Roanoke $157,610 Ann Arbor $157,220 Indianapolis $157,070 Lexington Park $156,680 Wenatchee $156,530 Los Angeles $156,210 Louisville $155,910 Napa $155,820 Midland $154,910 Battle Creek $154,550 Staunton $153,910 Houston $153,840 Bellingham $153,610 Bloomington $152,810 Kankakee $152,590 Corvallis $152,200 Lynchburg $152,090 Eugene $151,960 Jacksonville $151,670 Tampa $151,630 Niles $150,540 Paducah $150,360 Midland $150,240 Miami $149,780 Baltimore $149,720 Allentown $149,360 Palm Bay $149,290 Elkhart $148,660 Orlando $148,420 Walla Walla $148,240 Jackson $148,230 Peoria $148,050 Lexington $147,680 Michigan City $147,540 Crestview $147,000 Rockford $146,140 Sebastian $146,100 Naples $145,990 Grand Rapids $144,860 Bowling Green $144,660 Elmira $144,520 Albany $143,320 Chambersburg $143,290 San Diego $143,040 Odessa $143,020 Flint $142,790 Saginaw $142,130 Lancaster $141,940 Decatur $141,880 Reading $140,700 Champaign $140,570 San Antonio $140,530 Weirton $140,240 Harrisburg $140,130 Wildwood $140,110 Sarasota $140,030 Medford $140,000 York $139,910 Pittsburgh $139,860 Killeen $139,650 Kalamazoo $139,640 Evansville $139,290 Lakeland $139,240 Beaumont $139,120 Victoria $138,330 Monroe $138,070 Sacramento $138,000 Salisbury $137,210 Grants Pass $137,000 Columbus $136,800 Santa Cruz $136,610 Longview $136,600 Fort Myers $136,280 Lansing $136,220 Springfield $135,700 Port St. Lucie $135,590 Tallahassee $135,590 Deltona $135,530 Ocala $134,960 Terre Haute $134,930 Tyler $134,730 Santa Rosa $134,450 South Bend $134,350 Oxnard $133,670 Santa Maria $133,550 Muskegon $133,500 Panama City $133,490 Gettysburg $133,430 Sherman $133,300 Erie $133,060 Amarillo $132,980 Gainesville $132,680 Fort Wayne $132,490 Waco $132,270 Salinas $131,810 Traverse City $131,810 Elizabethtown $131,240 Vallejo $131,150 Corpus Christi $131,090 Lafayette $129,790 Lubbock $129,370 Kokomo $129,330 Pensacola $129,230 Owensboro $129,050 Hagerstown $128,710 Abilene $128,680 State College $128,220 Scranton $128,000 Sebring $127,920 Punta Gorda $127,730 Wichita Falls $127,680 Williamsport $127,570 Stockton $125,720 Riverside $124,990 College Station $123,810 San Luis Obispo $123,350 Huntington $123,110 Modesto $122,680 El Paso $122,390 Hanford $122,320 Muncie $122,320 Fresno $122,220 San Angelo $121,750 Lebanon $120,660 Redding $120,000 Bakersfield $119,440 Merced $118,690 Texarkana $118,690 Chico $117,240 McAllen $116,640 Visalia $115,810 Brownsville $115,650 Wheeling $114,490 Yuba City $114,420 Homosassa Springs $113,780 Charleston $113,540 Altoona $113,510 Beckley $110,810 Laredo $110,370 El Centro $106,940 Morgantown $99,490 Johnstown $98,680 Parkersburg $94,500
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Abilene, Texas$128,680-24.3%
Albany, Oregon$143,320-15.7%
Albany, New York$184,260+8.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$149,360-12.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$113,510-33.2%
Amarillo, Texas$132,980-21.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$157,220-7.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$158,270-6.9%
Austin, Texas$163,490-3.9%
Bakersfield, California$119,440-29.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$149,720-12.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$154,550-9.1%
Bay City, Michigan$171,680+1.0%
Beaumont, Texas$139,120-18.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$110,810-34.8%
Bellingham, Washington$153,610-9.7%
Bend, Oregon$166,900-1.9%
Binghamton, New York$178,540+5.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$165,170-2.9%
Bloomington, Illinois$176,310+3.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$152,810-10.1%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$144,660-14.9%
Bremerton, Washington$177,490+4.4%
Brownsville, Texas$115,650-32.0%
Buffalo, New York$176,420+3.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$136,280-19.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$143,290-15.7%
Champaign, Illinois$140,570-17.3%
Charleston, West Virginia$113,540-33.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$186,600+9.7%
Chico, California$117,240-31.1%
College Station, Texas$123,810-27.2%
Columbus, Indiana$136,800-19.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$131,090-22.9%
Corvallis, Oregon$152,200-10.5%
Crestview, Florida$147,000-13.6%
Dallas, Texas$161,330-5.1%
Decatur, Illinois$141,880-16.6%
Deltona, Florida$135,530-20.3%
Detroit, Michigan$160,820-5.4%
Dover, Delaware$174,310+2.5%
El Centro, California$106,940-37.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$131,240-22.8%
Elkhart, Indiana$148,660-12.6%
Elmira, New York$144,520-15.0%
El Paso, Texas$122,390-28.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$133,060-21.8%
Eugene, Oregon$151,960-10.6%
Evansville, Indiana$139,290-18.1%
Flint, Michigan$142,790-16.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$132,490-22.1%
Fresno, California$122,220-28.1%
Gainesville, Florida$132,680-22.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$133,430-21.5%
Glens Falls, New York$171,650+0.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$144,860-14.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$137,000-19.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$128,710-24.3%
Hanford, California$122,320-28.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$140,130-17.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$166,230-2.2%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$113,780-33.1%
Houston, Texas$153,840-9.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$123,110-27.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$157,070-7.6%
Ithaca, New York$169,240-0.5%
Jackson, Michigan$148,230-12.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$151,670-10.8%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$98,680-42.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$139,640-17.9%
Kankakee, Illinois$152,590-10.3%
Kennewick, Washington$159,660-6.1%
Killeen, Texas$139,650-17.9%
Kingston, New York$190,440+12.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$186,300+9.6%
Kokomo, Indiana$129,330-23.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$129,790-23.7%
Lakeland, Florida$139,240-18.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$141,940-16.5%
Lansing, Michigan$136,220-19.9%
Laredo, Texas$110,370-35.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$120,660-29.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$147,680-13.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$156,680-7.9%
Longview, Texas$136,600-19.7%
Longview, Washington$171,750+1.0%
Los Angeles, California$156,210-8.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$155,910-8.3%
Lubbock, Texas$129,370-23.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$152,090-10.6%
McAllen, Texas$116,640-31.4%
Medford, Oregon$140,000-17.7%
Merced, California$118,690-30.2%
Miami, Florida$149,780-11.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$147,540-13.2%
Midland, Michigan$150,240-11.6%
Midland, Texas$154,910-8.9%
Modesto, California$122,680-27.9%
Monroe, Michigan$138,070-18.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$99,490-41.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$160,540-5.6%
Muncie, Indiana$122,320-28.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$133,500-21.5%
Napa, California$155,820-8.4%
Naples, Florida$145,990-14.1%
New York, New York$233,770+37.5%
Niles, Michigan$150,540-11.5%
Sarasota, Florida$140,030-17.7%
Ocala, Florida$134,960-20.6%
Odessa, Texas$143,020-15.9%
Olympia, Washington$175,450+3.2%
Orlando, Florida$148,420-12.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$129,050-24.1%
Oxnard, California$133,670-21.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$150,360-11.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$149,290-12.2%
Panama City, Florida$133,490-21.5%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$94,500-44.4%
Pensacola, Florida$129,230-24.0%
Peoria, Illinois$148,050-12.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$171,530+0.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$139,860-17.8%
Portland, Oregon$175,340+3.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$135,590-20.3%
Punta Gorda, Florida$127,730-24.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$140,700-17.3%
Redding, California$120,000-29.4%
Richmond, Virginia$182,190+7.1%
Riverside, California$124,990-26.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$157,610-7.3%
Rochester, New York$182,990+7.6%
Rockford, Illinois$146,140-14.1%
Sacramento, California$138,000-18.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$142,130-16.4%
Salem, Oregon$164,470-3.3%
Salinas, California$131,810-22.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$137,210-19.3%
San Angelo, Texas$121,750-28.4%
San Antonio, Texas$140,530-17.4%
San Diego, California$143,040-15.9%
San Francisco, California$194,670+14.5%
San Jose, California$213,250+25.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$123,350-27.5%
Santa Cruz, California$136,610-19.7%
Santa Maria, California$133,550-21.5%
Santa Rosa, California$134,450-20.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$128,000-24.7%
Seattle, Washington$198,940+17.0%
Sebastian, Florida$146,100-14.1%
Sebring, Florida$127,920-24.8%
Sherman, Texas$133,300-21.6%
South Bend, Indiana$134,350-21.0%
Spokane, Washington$166,000-2.4%
Springfield, Illinois$135,700-20.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$128,220-24.6%
Staunton, Virginia$153,910-9.5%
Stockton, California$125,720-26.1%
Syracuse, New York$180,200+6.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$135,590-20.3%
Tampa, Florida$151,630-10.8%
Terre Haute, Indiana$134,930-20.7%
Texarkana, Texas$118,690-30.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$131,810-22.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$189,470+11.4%
Tyler, Texas$134,730-20.8%
Utica, New York$170,760+0.4%
Vallejo, California$131,150-22.9%
Victoria, Texas$138,330-18.7%
Vineland, New Jersey$167,840-1.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$166,540-2.1%
Visalia, California$115,810-31.9%
Waco, Texas$132,270-22.2%
Walla Walla, Washington$148,240-12.8%
Watertown, New York$160,590-5.6%
Weirton, West Virginia$140,240-17.5%
Wenatchee, Washington$156,530-8.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$114,490-32.7%
Wichita Falls, Texas$127,680-24.9%
Wildwood, Florida$140,110-17.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$127,570-25.0%
Winchester, Virginia$167,350-1.6%
Yakima, Washington$164,340-3.4%
York, Pennsylvania$139,910-17.7%
Yuba City, California$114,420-32.7%

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
170,050/yr
Estimated take-home
119,219/yr
Est. total withheld
29.9%

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 11-2022 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