Credit Analysts Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Credit Analysts in Chicago, Illinois earns $106,950 a year.

$106,950 / year, mean
↑ 3.9% above national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Chicago sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for credit analysts — 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)
2,560
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.1%
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 $153,870 San Jose $135,700 San Francisco $133,360 Richmond $119,530 Buffalo $111,010 Los Angeles $110,640 Salem $108,500 Chicago $106,950 San Diego $105,700 Philadelphia $104,860 Trenton $103,420 Fort Myers $102,330 Winchester $101,800 Seattle $100,800 Santa Rosa $100,050 Kiryas Joel $98,140 Bellingham $97,550 Spokane $96,090 Oxnard $95,430 Rochester $95,380 Bakersfield $95,130 Pittsburgh $94,580 Austin $94,490 Naples $94,430 Portland $93,970 Tallahassee $93,950 Syracuse $92,830 Sacramento $92,800 Virginia Beach $92,770 Dallas $91,950 Lancaster $91,460 Roanoke $91,110 Tampa $90,900 Miami $90,550 Houston $90,520 Harrisburg $90,510 Lakeland $89,630 Springfield $89,280 Jacksonville $88,700 Riverside $88,550 Eugene $85,820 Baltimore $85,670 Fresno $84,750 Lexington $84,240 Orlando $84,170 Lubbock $83,570 Allentown $83,460 Detroit $81,760 Reading $81,240 San Antonio $79,510 Champaign $79,360 Louisville $77,590 South Bend $77,430 Indianapolis $77,070 York $76,860 Evansville $75,940 Ann Arbor $75,770 Killeen $75,760 Pensacola $75,630 Scranton $75,120 Peoria $73,970 Lansing $73,330 Fort Wayne $72,500 Kalamazoo $71,860 Longview $70,360 Grand Rapids $69,210 Morgantown $68,140 Charleston $67,550 McAllen $66,950 Elkhart $66,720 Huntington $63,870 El Paso $57,790
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Allentown, Pennsylvania$83,460-22.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$75,770-29.2%
Austin, Texas$94,490-11.7%
Bakersfield, California$95,130-11.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$85,670-19.9%
Bellingham, Washington$97,550-8.8%
Buffalo, New York$111,010+3.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$102,330-4.3%
Champaign, Illinois$79,360-25.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$67,550-36.8%
Dallas, Texas$91,950-14.0%
Detroit, Michigan$81,760-23.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$66,720-37.6%
El Paso, Texas$57,790-46.0%
Eugene, Oregon$85,820-19.8%
Evansville, Indiana$75,940-29.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$72,500-32.2%
Fresno, California$84,750-20.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$69,210-35.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$90,510-15.4%
Houston, Texas$90,520-15.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$63,870-40.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$77,070-27.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$88,700-17.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$71,860-32.8%
Killeen, Texas$75,760-29.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$98,140-8.2%
Lakeland, Florida$89,630-16.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$91,460-14.5%
Lansing, Michigan$73,330-31.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$84,240-21.2%
Longview, Texas$70,360-34.2%
Los Angeles, California$110,640+3.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$77,590-27.5%
Lubbock, Texas$83,570-21.9%
McAllen, Texas$66,950-37.4%
Miami, Florida$90,550-15.3%
Morgantown, West Virginia$68,140-36.3%
Naples, Florida$94,430-11.7%
New York, New York$153,870+43.9%
Orlando, Florida$84,170-21.3%
Oxnard, California$95,430-10.8%
Pensacola, Florida$75,630-29.3%
Peoria, Illinois$73,970-30.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$104,860-2.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$94,580-11.6%
Portland, Oregon$93,970-12.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$81,240-24.0%
Richmond, Virginia$119,530+11.8%
Riverside, California$88,550-17.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$91,110-14.8%
Rochester, New York$95,380-10.8%
Sacramento, California$92,800-13.2%
Salem, Oregon$108,500+1.4%
San Antonio, Texas$79,510-25.7%
San Diego, California$105,700-1.2%
San Francisco, California$133,360+24.7%
San Jose, California$135,700+26.9%
Santa Rosa, California$100,050-6.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$75,120-29.8%
Seattle, Washington$100,800-5.8%
South Bend, Indiana$77,430-27.6%
Spokane, Washington$96,090-10.2%
Springfield, Illinois$89,280-16.5%
Syracuse, New York$92,830-13.2%
Tallahassee, Florida$93,950-12.2%
Tampa, Florida$90,900-15.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$103,420-3.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$92,770-13.3%
Winchester, Virginia$101,800-4.8%
York, Pennsylvania$76,860-28.1%

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
106,950/yr
Estimated take-home
78,916/yr
Est. total withheld
26.2%

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 13-2041 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