How much do Nursing Assistants make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Percentile spread

For Nursing Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $38,980 and the 90th percentile is $54,450. The difference is $15,470, which is 33.0% 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 $42,940 to the 75th at $49,060, covers $6,120.

The mean annual wage is $46,610, which sits below the median of $46,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is 11.1% higher than the national median of $42,260 for Nursing Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,311, which is 7.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% higher than the Illinois median of $45,960.

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 $46,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nursing Assistants at $45,311 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

38 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Nursing Assistants. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN ranks 2nd of 39 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).).

• Kankakee, IL is 43 miles away, with a median of $37,900 and employment of 860. That median is 19.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,318, against $45,311 here.
• Niles, MI is 57 miles away, with a median of $41,070 and employment of 590. That median is 12.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,462, against $45,311 here.
• Kenosha, WI is 57 miles away, with a median of $46,220 and employment of 710. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,709, against $45,311 here.

Employment share

Nursing Assistants accounts for 1.0% of wage-and-salary employment in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (45,850 of 4,513,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.93% of employment (1,448,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.09 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.