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Chief Executive Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage data of chief executives in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$99,010
25th Percentile Wage
$148,700
50th Percentile Wage
$195,300
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $195,300. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $148,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $99,010.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2016.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth4-Year Growth
2016
$195,300
8.27% 14.31%
2015
$179,140
3.36% -
2014
$173,120
4.34% -
2013
$165,600
-1.06% -
2012
$167,350
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) with Other Illinois Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $195,300, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is the second highest paying city for chief executives in state of Illinois, following the highest paying city Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) (median annual salary of $202,010). Compared with Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), the median annual salary of chief executives in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) is 3.3 percent (3.3%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division)
$202,010
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area)
$195,300
Springfield
$191,910
Rockford
$188,410
Bloomington
$183,480
Champaign-Urbana
$169,190
Peoria
$164,170
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$160,070
Decatur
$158,230
Danville
$150,830
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$144,590
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$138,850
Carbondale-Marion
$129,980
Bloomington-Normal
$126,050
Kankakee-Bradley
$124,200
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area
$89,100

See also: Top paying jobs in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois.