SOC 37-3019 · Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations · May 2025

How much do Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $57,870. The 10th percentile is $49,540 and the 90th percentile is $80,080. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$57,870

10th percentile
$49,540
25th percentile
$49,550
Median
$57,870
75th percentile
$74,820
90th percentile
$80,080
Mean
$61,380

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $49,540 and the 90th percentile is $80,080. The difference is $30,540, which is 52.8% 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 $49,550 to the 75th at $74,820, covers $25,270.

The mean annual wage is $61,380, which sits above the median of $57,870. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 23.5% higher than the national median of $46,860 for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,862, which is 19.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.4% higher than the Illinois median of $50,150.

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 $57,870 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other at $55,862 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 Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN · Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $57,870. The 10th percentile is $49,540 and the 90th percentile is $80,080.

How does that compare with the national median for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other?

The local median is 23.5% higher than the national median of $46,860.

What is Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 103.595, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,870 is $55,862. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.