How much do Gambling Cage Workers make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Gambling Cage Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,960 and the 90th percentile is $47,570. The difference is $10,610, which is 24.3% 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 $37,200 to the 75th at $46,250, covers $9,050.

The mean annual wage is $42,890, which sits below the median of $43,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 16.3% higher than the national median of $37,580 for Gambling Cage Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,193, which is 12.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.5% higher than the Illinois median of $39,900.

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 $43,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Gambling Cage Workers at $42,193 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 Gambling Cage Workers. 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 $32,390 and employment of 30. That median is 25.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,361, against $42,193 here.

Employment share

Gambling Cage Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (480 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.15 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.