How much do Actors make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Actors, the published 10th percentile is $15.00 and the 90th percentile is $84.67. The difference is $69.67, which is 348.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $15.00 to the 75th at $31.62, covers $16.62.

The mean hourly wage is $31.42, which sits above the median of $20.00. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 31.2% lower than the national median of $29.05 for Actors.

It is 33.3% higher than the Illinois median of $15.00.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Illinois, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $20.00 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Actors at $19.31 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a hourly median for Actors. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 1st of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 80 miles away, with a median of $8.51 and employment of 110. That median is 57.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $8.78, against $19.31 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 163 miles away, with a median of $19.13 and employment of 250. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $19.99, against $19.31 here.

Employment share

Actors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (610 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.