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

Percentile spread

For Budget Analysts, the published 10th percentile is $57,490 and the 90th percentile is $133,820. The difference is $76,330, which is 86.3% 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 $70,020 to the 75th at $112,280, covers $42,260.

The mean annual wage is $94,650, which sits above the median of $88,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 3.5% lower than the national median of $91,640 for Budget Analysts. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,390, which is 6.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.8% lower than the Illinois median of $94,880.

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 $88,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Budget Analysts at $85,390 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Budget Analysts. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 5th of 10 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 $82,130 and employment of 200. That median is 7.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,725, against $85,390 here.
• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 123 miles away, with a median of $60,570 and employment of 40. That median is 31.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,865, against $85,390 here.
• Madison, WI is 128 miles away, with a median of $86,340 and employment of 280. That median is 2.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,748, against $85,390 here.

Employment share

Budget Analysts accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (430 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (47,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.31 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.