Income in Chicago, Illinois
Household income in Chicago, Illinois
Median household income
$75,261.763
This page uses U.S. Census income data to show how household incomes are distributed in Chicago, Illinois and where the middle of the income range sits.
About income in Chicago, Illinois
The median household income in Chicago, Illinois is $75,261.763 . A median is the “middle” value: half of households in the city earn more than this amount each year, and half earn less.
The calculator above lets you enter your own household income and see what income percentile you fall into for this city, as well as for the entire United States. Your percentile shows the share of households that earn less than you, based on annual pre-tax household income.
All of the numbers on this page come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, which group incomes into buckets such as under $10,000, $10,000–$14,999, and so on. This city-level view for Chicago, Illinois uses those income buckets to summarize the full income distribution and estimate the median for the area.
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