Chicago
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Chicago is the third-largest city in the US and a major hub for finance, manufacturing, and professional services. The city offers strong job opportunities with a significantly lower cost of living compared to coastal cities, providing better purchasing power for workers.
Median Salary
$60000,00
CoL Index
72,00
Population
2696555
Timezone
America/Chicago
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
72,00
Rent
65,00
Groceries
75,00
Restaurants
73,00
Transport
70,00
Salaries by Role
Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.
| Role | Median (USD) | Net (USD) | Entry | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | $158400,00 | $114048,00 | $115200,00 | $273600,00 |
| Engineering Manager | $126000,00 | $90720,00 | $97200,00 | $180000,00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $115200,00 | $82944,00 | $79200,00 | $180000,00 |
| Cloud Architect | $111600,00 | $80352,00 | $82800,00 | $162000,00 |
| Tech Lead | $111600,00 | $80352,00 | $82800,00 | $158400,00 |
| ML Engineer | $100800,00 | $72576,00 | $72000,00 | $151200,00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $97200,00 | $69984,00 | $68400,00 | $144000,00 |
| Security Engineer | $93600,00 | $67392,00 | $66240,00 | $140400,00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $93600,00 | $67392,00 | $64800,00 | $144000,00 |
| Product Manager | $93600,00 | $67392,00 | $64800,00 | $144000,00 |
| Data Scientist | $90000,00 | $64800,00 | $61200,00 | $136800,00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $90000,00 | $64800,00 | $63360,00 | $136800,00 |
| Data Engineer | $86400,00 | $62208,00 | $59040,00 | $133200,00 |
| Software Engineer | $86400,00 | $62208,00 | $61200,00 | $133200,00 |
| Backend Developer | $82800,00 | $59616,00 | $57600,00 | $126000,00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $80640,00 | $58060,00 | $56160,00 | $122400,00 |
| Mobile Developer | $79200,00 | $57024,00 | $54000,00 | $120960,00 |
| Frontend Developer | $75600,00 | $54432,00 | $51840,00 | $115200,00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $72000,00 | $51840,00 | $48960,00 | $108000,00 |
| QA Engineer | $61200,00 | $44064,00 | $41760,00 | $90000,00 |