The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois is shown in Table 1. The wage information of medical assistants in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $23,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,480 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,410 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,580.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical assistants from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $34,970 | 4.83% | 13.67% |
| 2016 | $33,280 | 3.03% | - |
| 2015 | $32,270 | 3.63% | - |
| 2014 | $31,100 | 1.48% | - |
| 2013 | $30,640 | 1.47% | - |
| 2012 | $30,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,970 in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is in the middle of salary range for medical assistants in state of Illinois. In comparison, the annual salary of medical assistants in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) is 16.7 percent (16.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) and 7.0 percent (7.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bloomington-Normal.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area) | |
| Kankakee-Bradley | |
| Rockford | |
| Decatur | |
| Bloomington | |
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Champaign-Urbana | |
| Peoria | |
| Springfield | |
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | |
| Danville | |
| Carbondale-Marion | |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division) | |
| Bloomington-Normal |