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

Percentile spread

For Bailiffs, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $99,660. The difference is $68,460, which is 135.1% 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 $36,390 to the 75th at $60,150, covers $23,760.

The mean annual wage is $53,940, which sits above the median of $50,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 10.5% lower than the national median of $56,600 for Bailiffs. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,902, which is 13.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.2% higher than the Illinois median of $46,390.

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 $50,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bailiffs at $48,902 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bailiffs. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 3rd of 7 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).).

• Rockford, IL is 73 miles away, with a median of $45,120 and employment of 40. That median is 10.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,962, against $48,902 here.
• Champaign-Urbana, IL is 108 miles away, with a median of $54,810 and employment of 70. That median is 8.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,124, against $48,902 here.
• Peoria, IL is 110 miles away, with a median of $31,200 and employment of 60. That median is 38.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,199, against $48,902 here.

Employment share

Bailiffs accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (500 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (17,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.00 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.