How much do Bridge and Lock Tenders make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Bridge and Lock Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $59,160 and the 90th percentile is $88,790. The difference is $29,630, which is 40.5% 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 $64,640 to the 75th at $86,390, covers $21,750.

The mean annual wage is $76,220, which sits above the median of $73,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 26.7% higher than the national median of $57,700 for Bridge and Lock Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,573, which is 22.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% higher than the Illinois median of $70,890.

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 $73,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bridge and Lock Tenders at $70,573 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Bridge and Lock Tenders. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 1st of 2 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).).

• Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 138 miles away, with a median of $70,890 and employment of 50. That median is 3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,581, against $70,573 here.

Employment share

Bridge and Lock Tenders accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (120 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,040 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 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.