SOC 49-9031 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Home Appliance Repairers 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 Home Appliance Repairers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $59,750. The 10th percentile is $40,590 and the 90th percentile is $78,870. Employment is 1,430.

Median annual wage

$59,750

10th percentile
$40,590
25th percentile
$49,330
Median
$59,750
75th percentile
$69,340
90th percentile
$78,870
Mean
$60,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Home Appliance Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $40,590 and the 90th percentile is $78,870. The difference is $38,280, which is 64.1% 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 $49,330 to the 75th at $69,340, covers $20,010.

The mean annual wage is $60,160, which sits above the median of $59,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 17.2% higher than the national median of $50,990 for Home Appliance Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,677, which is 13.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.1% higher than the Illinois median of $56,860.

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 $59,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Appliance Repairers at $57,677 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Appliance Repairers. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 2nd of 13 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).).

  • Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI is 71 miles away, with a median of $81,740 and employment of 60. That median is 36.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,180, against $57,677 here.
  • South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 89 miles away, with a median of $37,340 and employment of 60. That median is 37.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,212, against $57,677 here.
  • Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 98 miles away, with a median of $44,130 and employment of 40. That median is 26.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,233, against $57,677 here.

Employment share

Home Appliance Repairers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (1,430 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (32,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.53 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN · Home Appliance Repairers 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 Home Appliance Repairers make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Home Appliance Repairers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is $59,750. The 10th percentile is $40,590 and the 90th percentile is $78,870. Employment is 1,430.

How does that compare with the national median for Home Appliance Repairers?

The local median is 17.2% higher than the national median of $50,990.

What is Home Appliance Repairers 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 $59,750 is $57,677. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN compare with nearby metros for Home Appliance Repairers?

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 71 miles away, at $81,740. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 2nd of 13 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.