Office Clerks, General pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
$49,620avg. a year
$23.86 an hour · 66,840 employed
Office Clerks, General in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earn an average of $49,620 a year. That is $1,370 (3%) more than the Illinois average of $48,250. The U.S. average is $46,420.
$46,330Median pay
$23.86Average hourly
+3%vs. Illinois average
66,840Jobs in this metro
Other Illinois metro areas
Average pay for office clerks, general in other Illinois metro areas. Swipe to see all 11.
12,310 jobs
Springfield, IL
$48,850
$23.49 an hour
22,180 jobs
Champaign-Urbana, IL
$47,850
$23.00 an hour
3540 jobs
Decatur, IL
$47,280
$22.73 an hour
422,540 jobs
St. Louis, MO-IL
$46,910
$22.55 an hour
51,280 jobs
Bloomington, IL
$45,610
$21.93 an hour
62,000 jobs
Rockford, IL
$45,260
$21.76 an hour
72,420 jobs
Peoria, IL
$43,910
$21.11 an hour
82,370 jobs
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
$43,850
$21.08 an hour
9560 jobs
Kankakee, IL
$43,440
$20.89 an hour
10850 jobs
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
$42,840
$20.60 an hour
11740 jobs
Paducah, KY-IL
$38,370
$18.45 an hour
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How Chicago-Naperville-Elgin compares
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Questions and answers
How much do office clerks, general make in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
The average is $49,620 a year, and the median is $46,330. About 66,840 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Illinois average?
That is $1,370 (3%) more than the Illinois average of $48,250.
Is this job common in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin?
It makes up 14.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.93 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-9061. Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 16980). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.