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Tech salaries in Chicago

Real compensation data from 100 job listings in Chicago. Updated daily from active postings.

Listings

100

Median salary

$109,492

25th percentile

$79,653

75th percentile

$140,000

Salary by role in Chicago

Full-Stack Engineer

2 listingsLimited data

$218,341

$155,007 - $218,341

Frontend Engineer

2 listingsLimited data

$160,475

$159,168 - $160,475

DevOps / SRE

2 listingsLimited data

$145,739

$133,221 - $145,739

Mobile Engineer

2 listingsLimited data

$145,071

$83,314 - $145,071

Data Engineer

4 listingsLimited data

$133,779

$117,947 - $188,843

ML Engineer

1 listingLimited data

$118,376

$118,376 - $118,376

$109,844

$87,500 - $134,484

Designer

4 listingsLimited data

$100,000

$98,603 - $101,101

Security Engineer

1 listingLimited data

$76,858

$76,858 - $76,858

Salary by seniority in Chicago

vp

$190,031

Range: $165,000 - $300,000 (3 listings)Limited data

staff

$188,843

Range: $145,739 - $214,483 (5 listings)Estimated

director

$136,929

Range: $125,000 - $140,000 (5 listings)Estimated

senior

$131,319

Range: $118,179 - $155,007 (16 listings)Estimated

mid

$120,000

Range: $65,000 - $128,358 (5 listings)Estimated

lead

$117,947

Range: $101,190 - $133,779 (5 listings)Estimated

manager

$109,976

Range: $100,000 - $112,522 (5 listings)Estimated

unspecified

$87,500

Range: $68,591 - $110,851 (51 listings)

entry

$84,873

Range: $84,873 - $84,873 (1 listing)Limited data

c-suite

$82,313

Range: $82,313 - $82,313 (1 listing)Limited data

intern

$59,280

Range: $40,834 - $89,345 (3 listings)Limited data

Top companies by compensation in Chicago

1Ninjatrader logo
Ninjatrader

1 listingLimited data

$300,000

2
H
Harvey

1 listingLimited data

$295,000

3
N
Neo4j

1 listingLimited data

$232,500

4
C
CloudBees

1 listingLimited data

$220,000

5United Airlines logo
United Airlines

1 listingLimited data

$214,483

6
L
LangChain

1 listingLimited data

$200,000

7
A
Amrize

1 listingLimited data

$195,882

8
U
UL

1 listingLimited data

$190,031

9
VP
Verto People

1 listingLimited data

$180,669

10DV Trading logo
DV Trading

1 listingLimited data

$175,000

About tech salaries in Chicago

Chicago is a hub for fintech, trading firms, and enterprise software. Citadel, Jump Trading, and Groupon anchor a strong tech market with lower cost of living than coastal cities.

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