How much do Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, the published 10th percentile is $34,280 and the 90th percentile is $58,570. The difference is $24,290, which is 60.9% 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 $38,030 to the 75th at $45,780, covers $7,750.

The mean annual wage is $43,570, which sits above the median of $39,870. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 11.6% higher than the national median of $35,730 for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,486, which is 7.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% lower than the Illinois median of $41,670.

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 $39,870 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products at $38,486 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.